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A fine amounted to 800 thousand rubles - such a punishment will be imposed on the Kazan company for unlicensed use of mineral resources. Inspectors of the Central Territorial Administration of the Ministry of Ecology of the Republic of Tatarstan drew up a protocol on an administrative offense on a legal entity. During the administrative proceedings, it was established that the subsoil user had been extracting groundwater for a long time and provided the population of one of the settlements in Vysokogorskiy district of the Republic of Tatarstan with drinking water. The materials were sent to the prosecutor's office and law enforcement agencies for consideration and adoption of an appropriate decision.

8,310 fish individuals died as a result of a violation of the rules for operation of a hydraulic structure in Yashevka village in Buinskiy district in November 2018. As the environmentalists explained, the enterprise responsible for operation of the facility carried out the water drain in the absence of the fish protection structure. This led to the discharge of water on the terrain along with bio-resources. The Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation in the Republic of Tatarstan initiated a criminal case on the grounds of the crime provided for by Article 257 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation “Violation of the rules for protection of aquatic biological resources”.

11,596 m3 of illegally mined limestone. A criminal case has been initiated for the theft of common minerals in Almetyevskiy district. The damage caused to the subsoil was estimated by ecologists at more than 8 million rubles. According to the results of the documentary check, together with the Tatar Environmental Inter-district Prosecutor's Office, and also because of the availability of data indicating the signs of a crime, a criminal case has been initiated by the Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in Almetyevskiy district.

“Take a look at the world map. Most of the blue on it is water: oceans, seas, lakes, rivers. There is a whole kingdom in our Planet”, the State Inspector of the Prikamskiy Territorial Administration in Nizhnekuzgunchinskiy kindergarten of Mamadyshskiy district began his lesson. The children listened to the instructive tale of clean water. And also there was a dispute about saving water at home. The lesson was held in the form of a dialogue. The guys watched the presentation, did crosswords, participated in games, showed creative abilities.

Last autumn, inspectors of the South-Eastern Territorial Administration revealed a violation of environmental legislation in the Almetyevsk town. When dismantling the de-emulsifier base with an area of ​​3,542 sq. m, 15 chemical tanks were found. The amount of damage caused to land resources as a result of violation of the rules for handling hazardous wastes amounted to 27,627,600 rubles. Damage to nature as a result of littering with production and consumption waste - 156,000 rubles. A criminal case on this fact is initiated.

More than 400 participants gathered today in the XIX City Environmental Forum of Schoolchildren "Zilant". Here, pupils of 6-11 grades presented their achievements in the field of ecology: animal and soil studies, pop numbers and reports on environmental activities. The City Open Environmental Forum of Schoolchildren "Zilant" is held annually. It is organized by the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan, the Department of Education of the Executive Committee of Kazan, the City Children's Ecological and Biological Center and the Kazan Federal University.

8 violators were caught red-handed during a night raid in Naberezhnye Chelny. Probable routes were patrolled by inspectors of the Prikamskiy Territorial Administration of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan. For non-compliance with environmental and sanitary-epidemiological requirements when handling production and consumption wastes, as well as for violation of municipal rules on land improvement, the guilty party will be fined.

A landfill with area of ​​482 square meters formed as a result of repair of the catering building was identified by experts of the South-Eastern Territorial Administration of the Ministry of Ecology of the Republic of Tatarstan in April 2018.

From March 20 to March 22, 2019, the XIX International Forum “Ecology of a Big City” will take place in St. Petersburg at the Expoforum Congress and Exhibition Center. Representatives of environmental services of cities and constituent entities of Russia, legislative assemblies of regions, environmental councils of cities, manufacturers and suppliers of equipment and services used to solve environmental issues are invited to participate in the event.

The Supreme Court of the Republic of Tatarstan supported the position of environmentalists regarding the involvement of the Nurlatsky enterprise in environmental pollution.