"Liquid discharge in the Volga River". This message was received from local residents on the hotline of the Ministry

3 March 2021, Wednesday

The Central Territorial Administration of the Ministry received an appeal from citizens about the discharge of liquid on the Kazanka River. CTA Inspectors together with the staff of the Central specialized inspection of analytical control under the Ministry of ecology and natural resources Republic of Tatarstan and specialists of EMERCOM of RT immediately set out to the water area of the river Volga in the area of the Marquis island of Kazan. Samples of natural water were collected at the suspected site of contamination. "The water had a smell, there were oil stains on the surface of the water after drilling," - said the specialists of the CSIAC of the Ministry of Ecology of the Republic of Tatarstan.