On 5 November, speaking at a regular meeting in the Government House of the republic, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov specified tasks in road maintenance in winter.
He gave an errand to the regional Ministry of Transport and Road Economy, Ministry of Construction and heads of municipalities together with departmental organizations to provide necessary maintenance of highways, lighting networks and yards and to form spare workforce and means capacity for quick response to possible critical weather conditions.
“Issues of car accidents prevention and provision of uninterrupted passage of school and passenger buses, ambulances, fire trucks and other specialized vehicles must be under special control. It necessary to provide timely warning of the population about weather conditions and the traffic situation,” Tatarstan President said.