Two-month sanitary and ecological campaign starts in Tatarstan
31 March 2015, Tuesday
On March 31, speaking at a briefing at Tatarstan Government House, Deputy Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources - Chief Inspector of nature protection of the republic Ramil Nizamov said that the two-month sanitary and ecological campaign will start in Tatarstan on April 1.
According to him, such campaigns have been held in Tatarstan for several years. In 2014 1,217 unauthorized waste disposal sites with a total area of over 556,000 square meters were revealed.
He pointed out that within the framework of the sanitary and environmental campaign unauthorized dumps detected by supervisory authorities will added to a geographic information system "Environmental Map of the Republic of Tatarstan» (karta.tatar.ru). Further, all municipalities will be able to daily monitor the current situation. All appeals received from residents will be processed and added to the ecological map as well.
On 18 May ay the CIPR conference in Nizhniy Nogorod the Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister Roman Shaykhutdinov, the Rector of the Innopolis University Aleksandr Gasnikpov and the Vice-rector of the University Yevgeny Bobrov will take part at round tables session of the conference.
Experts will discuss the role of Tatarstan and Innopolis as one of the key technological centers of the country and how regional innovative platforms help to solve tasks of the whole Russian industry. A special emphasis will be placed on the digital transformation of the oil and gas sector and how large clusters and scientific and technological centers are becoming drivers of industry change.
On 16 May, speaking at a meeting in the Government House of the republic held by the regional Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin with participation of the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the Minister of Agriculture and Food of the republic Marat Zyabbarov reported that the sowing of spring crops is in full swing in the republic with 1m 38 thousand hectares or 61 per cent of the planned have been sown.
On May 14, on the sidelines of the XVII International Economic Forum “Russia-the Islamic World: KazanForum”, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin and Head of the Federal Service for Accreditation Dmitry Volvach signed an agreement on interaction and cooperation in the development of the halal industry.
On May 14, Prime Minister of Tajikistan Kokhir Rasulzoda, who arrived on a working visit in Kazan to take part in the events of the XVII International Economic Forum “Russia-the Islamic World: KazanForum”, was met by Prime Minister of the republic Aleksey Pesoshin and other officials at the Kazan International Airport.