A two-month sanitary and ecological campaign starts in Tatarstan

A two-month sanitary and ecological campaign in Tatarstan starts on April 1, 2015. As it was reported today by Deputy Minister for Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan — Chief State Inspector for Nature Protection of the Republic of Tatarstan, Ramil Nizamov, today in the course of a briefing at the Government House of the Republic of Tatarstan. The event was held in the form of a video conference with engagement of all municipal districts of Tatarstan.

First Deputy Minister of Forestry of the Republic of Tatarstan Kharis Musin, Deputy Chairperson of the External Beautification Committee of Kazan Executive Committee Rais Zaynutdinov participated in the briefing.

Following the results of 2014, all in all, 1,217 unauthorized waste placement sites with total area amounting to 556 thousand sq. m were revealed during a two-month sanitary and ecological campaign.  For the first time this year in the course of a two-month sanitary and ecological campaign all unauthorized waste placement sites revealed by regulatory authorities will be entered into the geo-information system “Ecological map of the Republic of Tatarstan” (karta.tatar.ru). Using this innovation, all municipalities will be able to control on a daily basis the situation related to emergence of illegal dumping.

Removal of consumption waste, dry wood and deadfall was carried out in the forest fund in 2014 on the area of 112 ha, and 511 cubic meters of solid domestic waste were removed. 

A campaign “Clean forests of Tatarstan” starts on April 1st, and it will be held in two stages: in early spring and in fall. Sanitary measures are implemented during the campaign among other things to prevent forest fires.

(Source: Press Service of the President of the Republic of Tatarstan)