Rustam Minnikhanov gives an errand to heads of cities and regions and Housing and Utilities services to step up maintenance of pedestrian zones

On 4 February, speaking at a meeting in the Government house of the republic, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov said that one of the important tasks of the government was provision of public safety.  

“According to information from the regional Health Ministry 579 people, who suffered from bad maintenance of pedestrian zones, including 298 fractures and 281impact injuries,  needed the medical help in the current January,” he said.

Rustam Minnikhanov informed that during the last week only the Public Control system received 1 109 complaints from residents of Kazan, Naberezhnyye Chelny and Almetyesvk  concerning the snow and ice removal and gave an errand to heads of cities and regions and Housing and Utilities services to step up maintenance of  territories, including pedestrian zones.

He also attracted attention of the participants of the meeting to safety of residents when using natural gas as “beginning from 1 January this year there have been already 12 accidents of carbon monoxide poisoning, including 25 people, two of whom died”.

“It is not the first time we are discussing issues of safe use of natural gas”, Tatarstan President said and gave an errand to housing inspections, local administrations, gas supply workers and managing companies to step up control on safety provision in this respect.