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Ecological specialists of the Priikskoe Territorial Department under the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan drew samples of soil and melted snow today at the site of oil spillage in Bavly district. As a reminder,  an accident involving an oil tanker (owned by the carrier "Samara transportation company" LLC) took place today in the morning, in the catchment basin of the Kandyz River near Novozarechensk village. As a result of the accident, the area of oil spillage on the landscape of 500 m2 amounted to 24 m3.  At a glance, the oil slick didn't reach the Kandyz River. The measures were implemented aiming at localization of oil spillage on top of melted snow. Article 42 of the Land Code of the

The hot line number, the e-mail, the State Information System “People’s control”, the mobile application “School eco-patrol” are all accessible for the citizens to report on the nature protection violations. All the information received from the citizens is referred to the Republican Public Ecological Reception Office. The information on illegal extraction of common mineral resources, unauthorized landfills, restriction of the access to the water 

The remuneration paid to the citizens who have submitted the information on the violations of the nature protection legislation on the territory of the Republic of Tatarstan has been increased. Earlier, the citizen who provided photo or video information on the offender received one thousand rubles, and starting 2016 this sum has been increased to 1.5 thousand rubles. Moreover, the list of violations has also been expanded. Besides illegal placement of waste and illegal extraction of mineral resources, people can now also report on the restricted access to the public water facility or its coastline, on the violation of the mode of economic or other activity of the water protection area of the water facility and land damage (destruction of the fertile layer

The Ministry of Ecology announces a contest for active participants of Saturday work campaigns and nature protection campaigns. In order to participate, one should be subscribed to the official Instagram account of the Ministry of Ecology and post his/her photo or a video spot from the Saturday work campaign or any other nature protection campaign under the hashtag #ECOSPRING2016 (#ECOVESNA2016). 

Today, inspectors of the State Inspection for Ecological Surveillance under the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan drove out to the Yudino building estate in Kazan. According to the citizens' reports, special-purpose equipment was operating on the site, and tons of sand were removed. This fact was confirmed during the raid – they revealed violation of Article 7.3 part 1 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation (The use of mineral resources without a license to

A violation was revealed today in Chernyshevka village of Vysokaya Gora municipal district in the framework of a two-month sanitary and ecological campaign by the Central Territorial Department under the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan. An animal production unit was located in the water protection area of the Kazanka River which violates the Water Code of the Russian Federation. Inspectors drew up a protocol according to Article 8.12.1 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation (Failure to comply with the obligation to provide citizens with free access to the public water body and its coastal area) and according

Entrepreneurs will be held administratively liable in case of failure to timely submit the reports on waste management. Fines are envisaged according to Article 8.2 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation  "Failure to comply with ecological and sanitary&epidemiological requirements in the course of management of production and consumption waste, the substances destroying the ozone layer, as well as other hazardous substances".

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A large-scale campaign on cleaning of the territories was held today in Vysokaya Gora district. Road services, fellow workers of administrations and companies, as well as pupils and students participated in the cleaning campaign. In particular, 8th graders of schools No. 1, 2 and 3, as well as Vysokaya Gora station cleaned the Victory Park (Park Pobedy) located in the forest area of Vysokaya Gora village. Under the aegis of their teachers, the pupils spread snow to be able to clean the territories from litter in the nearest future

The campaign "Clean shores to our rivers" was held today by ecological specialists in Almetyevsk. The campaign is organized in the framework of a two-month sanitary and ecological campaign. Inspectors of the South-Eastern Territorial Department under the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan together with Municipal Budgetary Institution "Department of Natural Resources Management and Environmental Protection of Almetyevsk Municipal District", students of Almetyevsk Polytechnical School, volunteers of the youth ecological movement "BudetChisto" ("It will be clean") cleared the shore of the Almetyevsk water reservoir from litter, empty bottles, and PE bags. All in all, 12 cubic meters of litter were removed

"Cleanliness all around is a pledge of good mood!" - the cleaning campaign for the pupils of Mamadysh was held under such slogan. The event was arranged in the framework of the campaign "Spring week of kindness". Having equipped themselves with necessary equipment, the volunteers of a secondary school  No. 1 together with their teachers smoothly put everything in order. Together with their teachers, the pupils smoothly cleaned parks, square gardens, streets, and public recreation places from trash, empty