Prime minister of Republic Tatarstan Rustam Minnihanov: Metro in Kazan is defined as one of priority objects

Prime minister of Republic Tatarstan Rustam Minnihanov promised Kazan metro builders that on Monday, on December 28th, 400 million rbl. would be received by them , the document on assignment has already been signed. He pointed out this on a solemn opening of the tunnel heading complex "Altynchech" at a metro station "Avi stroitelnaya " in Aviastroitelnaya district of Kazan (microdistrict) "Sotsgorod".

“I know that you had problems on payment of taxes, wages payment, Rustam Minnikhanov”, said, addressing metro builders, but, despite crisis, ours tunnel heading systems cars should work, the underground in Kazan should not stop constructing”.

RT Prime minister reminded that by 2013 we should have constructed five stations of the Kazan Metro. As he said, Metro building is defined by President of Tatarstan Minimer Shaimiev as one of priority objects.

«In times of crisis we had to cut down a number of investment projects, but there are three objects requiring a close attention, - Rustam Minnikhanov told. These are building of underground, end of building of the modern medical centre (in Naberezhnye Chelny city) and theatre of puppets in Kazan».