On March 31, speaking at a briefing at Tatarstan Government House, Deputy Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources - Chief Inspector of nature protection of the republic Ramil Nizamov said that the two-month sanitary and ecological campaign will start in Tatarstan on April 1.

According to him, such campaigns have been held in Tatarstan for several years. In 2014 1,217 unauthorized waste disposal sites with a total area of over 556,000 square meters were revealed.

He pointed out that within the framework of the sanitary and environmental campaign unauthorized dumps detected by supervisory authorities will added to a geographic information system "Environmental Map of the Republic of Tatarstan» (karta.tatar.ru). Further, all municipalities will be able to daily monitor the current situation. All appeals received from residents will be processed and added to the ecological map as well.