Rustam Minnikhanov gives an errand to brush up public spaces during the two-month environmental health works

On 15 April at a regular regional meeting in the Government House of the republic, the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov gave an errand to brush up public spaces during the two-month environmental health works which started in the republic on 15 April.

He informed that as of today the surveillance bodies of the republic have found 1 371 ecological violations, drew up 298 reports and imposed 130 thousand rubles of fines. They also found 693 unauthorized disposal fields, half of which have been already removed, he said.

On 13 April the Ministry of Ecology of the republic flew round Kazan and 8 regions and revealed 88 violations including landfills the area of which is quite often without fence and the waste flies over the neighbourhood”, the Rais of the republic said.

Rustam Minnikhanov gave an errand to heads of the regions to eliminate the violations and pay special attention to ecological health of public spaces such as parks, gardens and esplanades. “Together with operators of highways and railway units it is necessary to organize clean-up and maintenance of road shoulders and surrounding areas,” he concluded.