Svetlana Radionova: "You are the second after Moscow to implement such a large project"
Today, the head of the Federal Service for Supervision of Natural Resources Svetlana Radionova arrived in Tatarstan on a working trip, according to the official website of the President of the Republic of Tatarstan. Rustam Minnikhanov and Svetlana Radionova visited the silt fields of urban sewage treatment plants. The event was also attended by the Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan Alexander Shadrikov, the Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing and Communal Services of the Republic of Tatarstan Marat Aizatullin, the Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin.
Silt sites in the capital of Tatarstan occupy an area of about 100 hectares and are located in close proximity to the water protection zone of the Kuibyshev reservoir.
To date, preparations are underway for the reclamation of silt fields within the framework of the federal project "Improvement of the Volga" of the national project "Ecology" in the direction "Elimination of objects of accumulated environmental damage that pose a threat to the Volga River". Currently, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation is working on the issue of starting the implementation of the event from 2021. According to the results of the reclamation, the silt sites will be an environmentally safe territory for the further development of the city.
"This is a very correct story. You are the second after Moscow to implement such a large project. I know that Tatarstan is always in the lead. You have an exemplary object, which I am sure you will do well. We have one interest: that it should be done as efficiently as possible," Svetlana Radionova said after the inspection.
Also, the President of Tatarstan and the head of Rosprirodnadzor visited a new workshop for thermomechanical treatment of silt sediments, the capacity of which is 2500 cubic meters/day and involves dewatering of sediment with further high-temperature drum drying.