Rustam Minnikhanov opened reconstructed trunk-road in Almetievsk
2 August 2011, Tuesday
Today President of Tatarstan has opened Shevchenko street after thorough overhaul. In a official ceremony took part JSC Tatneft director general Shafagat Tahautdinov, head of Almetievsk region Rishat Abubbakirov.
Shevchenko street is one main roads of Tatarstan oil capital. Before reconstruction the width of traffic way made 14-16m. During a large scale reconstruction the street was widened to 22 meters with 6 traffic lanes in two directions. Besides storm water drainage, traffic lights, street illumination, street fencing and pedestrian pavement fixing and carrying-over engineer communications have been done. Total length of reconstructed part is 2,01 km.
Cost of reconstruction works made 240 mln. roubles, financing was realized at the expense of Tatarstan budget (50%) and JSC Tatneft funds (50%).
Speaking today at the ceremony of renovated trunk-line opening, Rustam Minnikhanov noted that road repair once more showed a social orientation of Tatneft. By words of RT President, without the company’s participation the project was hardly to be feasible.
Rustam Minnikhanov, Tatneft general director Shafagat Tahautdinov and RT Minister of transport Lenar Safin handed awards to the road builders and solemnly cut a symbolic tape.
On 9 May Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin took part in a ceremony of laying flowers to the monument “The victorious soldier” dedicated to the celebrations of the Day of Victory in the Great Patriotic War (WW II) 1941-1945 and held at Arsk cemetery in Kazan.
On 8 May, speaking at a meeting held by the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov in the Government House of the republic with participation of the Acting Chairman of the State Council of the republic Marat Akhmetov and the regional Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin, the Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing Utilities Sector of the republic Marat Ayzatullin reported that capital overhaul of social facilities is in full swing in the republic with 170 educational facilities having been included into regional and federal programmes.
On 4 May at a briefing held in the Tatarstan Government House it was told that currently there are 92 combat veterans, the last witnesses of the Great Patriotic War (WW II) of 1941-1945, living in the republic. The briefing also informed about veterans’ support measures and how the republic is planning to celebrate the Victory Day on 9 May.
The Deputy Prime Minister of the republic Leyla Fazleeva told that names of 353 Heroes of the Soviet Union from Tatarstan “ are immortalized in street names, on memorials, in monuments and squares and, of course, in our memory”. “The Victory Day is the day of memory, mourning and joy. It is the event which today should be clearly understandable to all young people and younger generation of Tatarstan,” she said.
On 24 April, upon his arrival to the Kazan International Airport, the Defense Minister of China Dong Jun was welcomed by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin, representatives of the General Consulate of China in Kazan and other officials