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In the framework of the contest held in Tyulyachi municipal district pupils, their parents and teachers made more than 1,000 birdhouses. The campaign was aimed at promotion of ecological awareness of children.

The following pupils were announced winners:

In the category “Optimal variant”–a birdhouse that meets the needs of birds and demands imposed on birdhouses
1stplace– Ayzilya Shagabieva, B. Meteskinskaya secondary school
2ndplace – Syumbel Shayakhmetova, Malokibyakozinskaya secondary school
3rdplace –Danis Nigmatzyanov, B. Meteskinskaya secondary school

From April 1 to May 31, all nature protection services, specialized ministries and authorities, executive committees of municipal formations of the Republic of Tatarstanstart a two-month sanitary and ecological campaign in order to clean the territories of cities and municipal districts of the Republic and to put them in the appropriate sanitary and ecological state.

ThemeetingoftheInterdepartmentalCommitteeforEcologicalSafetyAssurance, NatureManagementandSanitaryand Epidemiological Well-being in the Republic of Tatarstan was held today at the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Tatarstan in the form of a video conference.

Today, the President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov participates in the Meeting of the Council in Ufa with an authorized representative of the President of the Russian Federation for the Volga Federal District, where the matters regarding implementation of the state policy in the field of nature protection, forestry and optimization of nature use in the Volga Federal District are discussed. The Main Federal Inspector for the Republic of Tatarstan, Renat Timerzyanov, Deputy Chairperson of the State Council of the Republic of Tatarstan Alexander Gusev, the Minister for Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan, Artem Sidorov

Today, participants of the exposition “Clean water. Kazan” held a workshop for Kazan journalists. Representatives of the Moscow company OOO “Promhydroseti” demonstrated the work of a video robot for inspection of pipelines of various diameter. The robot is equipped with a video camera, an additional set of regular and LED lamps. The video record is displayed on a special-purpose screen, which allows to trace the state of pipelines and potential illegal tie-in points. The machine can move through sludge, mud and various obstructions in the pipeline. The First Deputy Minister for Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan expressed interest in the use of this project.

The awarding ceremony following the results of the V specialized exposition and congress “Clean water. Kazan” was held today at the exposition center “Kazan Fair”. The Minister for Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan, Artem Sidorov, and the Head of the Lower Volga Basin Water Management Board, Anatoly Bykovawarded the winners with diplomas.
The following persons were announced winners of the contest “The best product of the exposition”:
1. In the category“Modern technologies inhydroeconomic activity”:
First Class Diploma
ООО “VTA-Tatarstan”, Kazan – “For innovative solutions in the field of reactant purification of waste waters”;
Second Class Diploma

A round table regarding “Efficient management of water resources: problems, tasks and ways of solving” was held today at the exposition center “Kazan Fair” in the framework of theVcongress and exposition “Clean water. Kazan”. The Head of theLower Volga Basin Water Management Board, Anatoly Bykov, the First Deputy Minister for Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustem Kamalov acted as moderators of the round table. The following trends were discussed during the round table:
- restoration and ecological rehabilitation of water facilities: problems and solutions;
-improvement of nature protection legislation in the water field: social, legal and economic aspects of water resources protection;

The IIIRepublican Ecological Festival of Pupils “Nature and us” was held in Nizhnekamsk on the premises of the Children’s Ecological and Biological Center. The Republican Ecological and Biological Methodical Centerunder the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Tatarstan, the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan,the Ministry of Forestry of the Republic of Tatarstan, the Board of Education under the Executive Committee of the Municipal Establishment “Nizhnekamsk Municipal District”, and the Department for Environmental Protectionunder the Executive Committee of the Municipal Establishment “Nizhnekamsk Municipal District” acted as the founding members of the Festival.

The contest “A birdhouse from each pupil” started in Tyulyachi district of Tatarstan. On March 5-15th, pupils of secondary educational establishments and further educational establishments of the district presented their birdhouses. The jury will evaluate them in the following categories:
- “Optimal variant” –a birdhouse that meets the needs of birds and demands imposed on birdhouses;
- “Magic palace”–the most beautiful and original birdhouse;
- “Strange and funny”–the most unconventional and funny birdhouse;
- “Audience choice award”–a birdhouse that received the greatest amount of responses;

A plenary meeting on “Solution of tasks regarding guaranteed provision of population and economic entities with water resources” was held today at the exposition center “Kazan Fair” in the framework of the Vspecialized exposition and congress “CLEAN WATER. KAZAN”. The Minister for Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan, Artem Sidorov, was the moderator of the event. The Head of theLower Volga Basin Water Management Board, Anatoly Bykov,Deputy Chairperson of the Government of Astrakhan Region on the functioning oflife support system and ecological safety, Oleg Polumordvinov, and others participated in the meeting. The reports on preservation of the ecological balance of the Lower Volga, as well as reports on implementation of the policy in the field of water relations of the Republic of Tatarstan were heard; and the European experience of the use of innovation technologies in the field of purification of waste waters was reviewed. The following addresses were also made: “State network of observationsof the Federal State Budgetary Establishment“The Territorial Administration for Hydrometeorological and Environmental Monitoring of the Republic of Tatarstan” and prospects of its development”, “The state of water facilities of Moscow and the experience of implementation” of water protection activities, “Monitoring of bottom deposits of water facilities: problems and solutions”.