Thanks to the vigilance of the citizens of Naberezhnye Chelny, environmentalists got a lead on the violator
Through the "Incident management" system, the Kama Territorial Administration received an appeal from citizens about the contamination of the Melekeska River in Avtograd near the bridge on Kazansky Prospekt Street. Ecologists promptly carried out a visit to the specified address, during the survey of the territory, the fact of environmental violations was confirmed. As it turned out, during the painting works of the overpass and heat pipeline pipes, the contamination of the water body with industrial paint (primer-enamel) was allowed. In addition, the fact of storing ferrous metal containers on an area of 2 sq. m. was established on the coastal protective strip. Specialists of the specialized inspection of analytical control of the Prikamsky TA took samples of natural water, the results of which showed an excess of 1.2 times for petroleum products.
According to these facts, protocols on an administrative offense were drawn up against the guilty person under Part 4 of Article 8.13 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation "Violation of the requirements for the protection of water bodies, which may lead to their pollution, clogging and (or) depletion", according to Part 1 of Article 8. 42 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation "Use of the coastal protective strip of a water body, water protection zone of a water body in violation of the restrictions of economic and other activities", and an order was issued to eliminate offenses.