On March 28 the chess tournament within the framework of the Spartakiad of state officials of the Republic of Tatarstan started at the Central Specialized Children’s and Youth Chess School of Olympic Reserve named after Rasheed Nezhmetdinov. 24 teams take part in the tournament. Representatives of Executive Personnel of the President of Tatarstan, the Republic State Council, the ministries and departments of the Republic of Tatarstan including the staff of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan, are among the participants. The tournament uses the Swiss system, i. e. without elimination, which allows a great number of participants to take part in just a few rounds to define winners. The winner’s name will be announced on March 30, when the closing ceremony of the chess tournament within the framework of the Spartakiad of state officials of the Republic of Tatarstan will take place.
Inspectors of the Central Department, together with representatives of the Kazan Interdistrict Environmental Prosecutor's Office and the Office of the Federal Service for State Registration, Cadastre and Cartography of the Republic of Tatarstan, conducted a survey of the territory of the Zelenodolsk district.
The events were held in the Zainsky district. The commission included inspectors from the Zakamsky Department of the Ministry of Ecology of the Republic of Tatarstan.
The Ministry of Ecology of the Republic of Tatarstan received an appeal from residents about violations of environmental legislation in the Yelabuga district. Inspectors from the Kama Department went to the site and confirmed the fact of dumping production and consumption waste into the territory of the Bug River water protection zone.