In the framework of the Year of Ecological Culture and Environmental Protection, the traditional ecological campaign will take place on Wednesday, 2 June at 10 a.m. at Lower Zarechye beach dedicated to the Water Reservoirs Cleaning Day. The event is organized by the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Tatarstan, the Subaquatic Federation of Tatarstan regional public organization and the Tatarstan branch of the Russian Geographic Society. The event schedule includes waste removal from the bed and the littoral region of Kazanka river and tidying up its shores.
The Water Reservoirs Cleaning Day ecological campaign bears international status and is held in Russia for the eleventh consecutive year, usually on the first Sunday of June.
Since 2 June 1995 the International Water Reservoirs Cleaning Day is held in many countries under the aegis of Professional Diving Instructors Association.
As part of the new national project "Environmental well-being" Tatarstan has planned the implementation of 8 environmental initiatives with total funding of 3 billion rubles. The main part of the funds will be used for work on the federal project "Water of Russia", Minister of Ecology Azat Ziganshin said at a briefing in the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Tatarstan.
Today, Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan Azat Ziganshin spoke at a briefing in the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Tatarstan. The event was dedicated to the start of the sanitary and ecological two-month period and environmental work plans for 2026 within the framework of the national project "Environmental well-being".
Today, at the weekly staff meeting with the heads of structural and territorial divisions, the Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan, Azat Ziganshin, presented badges and official identification cards to the staff of the department.