Rais of Tatarstan: Naberezhnyye Chelny occupies a special place among other our municipalities

On 24 February speaking at a meeting of the Naberezhnyye Chelny City council, which summarized the outcomes of social and economic development of the city in 2022, the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov said that the city occupies a special place among other municipalities of the republic. 

He stressed that despite all difficulties in 2022 the republic completed the year with positive outcomes, providing the growth of GRP by 6 per cent, industrial production – by 6.6 %, agricultural production by 26%, construction volume by more than 20% and investments by 5.5 per cent. 

Having mentioned work done by the republic in road construction, Rustam Minnikhanov said that Naberezhnyye Chelny makes a substantial contribution into economy of Tatarstan, providing about 9% of GRP and more than 12% of industrial production of the republic. He stated that all this would not be possible without help from the federal center and informed that last year the city received 11.1bn rubles of investments from federal and regional programmes. 

He said that the KAMAZ Automaker is pride of Tatarstan as it not just withstood all difficulties of the last year but also strengthened its positions among strategically important enterprises of the country.

Giving special attention to the Our Yard programme, Rustam Minnikhanov said that starting from 2020 the city improved 338 yards and since 2015 -improved 14 public spaces.