Alexander Shadrikov today spoke about the implementation of the federal project "Improving the Volga" at the government hour in the State Council
The Minister of Ecology outlined the main directions of work on the improvement of the river, which the Ministry conducts jointly with the leadership of the Republic of Tatarstan. Let us recall that this year in Tatarstan, 5.6 billion rubles are provided for the implementation of 4 federal projects, such as "Improvement of the Volga", "Clean Country", "Preservation of unique water bodies", Conservation of forests" within the framework of the national project "Ecology", including 4.5 billion rubles from the federal budget.
As Alexander Shadrikov noted, one of the main and capital-intensive federal projects is the "Improvement of the Volga". In Tatarstan, until 2024, the total amount of funding in this area is about 18 billion rubles, including 13 billion from the federal budget. "The main goal of the project is to improve the ecological condition of the main waterway of the country by reducing the amount of contaminated wastewater discharged three times," the minister noted, "for this purpose, construction and reconstruction of 13 treatment facilities and the elimination of 2 objects of accumulated environmental damage are planned on the territory of our republic. At the moment, 12 wastewater treatment plants have already been built and reconstructed in 10 municipalities in Tatarstan."
In 2021, the reconstruction of biological sewage treatment plants in Kazan began. Their share in the total volume of wastewater is 42%. They are among the top 200 major pollutants of the Volga River.
Work continues on the elimination of silt fields in the area of the Kuibyshev reservoir. For half a century, 4 million cubic meters of sludge have been accumulated on an area of about 100 hectares. The cost of work on the reclamation of these fields is more than 8 billion rubles.
Another major object that has a negative impact on the waters of the Nizhnekamsk reservoir, according to the speaker, are the inactive pipelines of the Lake oil field. They were flooded after the reservoir level was raised and currently pose a threat not only to the Volga, but also to a quarter of the population of the Republic of Tatarstan, because the reservoir provides water to more than 900 thousand people. The cost of the work is 930.5 million rubles.
Active work is underway to raise sunken ships from the waters of the Kuibyshev and Nizhnekamsk reservoirs, to reduce the volume of wastewater. Also, within the framework of the federal project "Preservation of Unique Water bodies", the Melekeska River is being cleared in Naberezhnye Chelny. The works are planned on two sections with a length of more than 4.5 kilometers.
The deputies asked what kind of work is currently being carried out to restore small rivers, to raise sunken ships, to clean reservoirs from silt. Chairman of the State Council Farid Mukhametshin noted the need for further monitoring of work in this direction. "The relevance of introducing this issue into the government hour is obvious. The health of the population largely depends on the environment, the conservation of our water resources and other issues dealt with by the relevant ministry. The President of our republic and the government understand the importance of the issue of ecology and improvement of rivers and funds are allocated annually for these purposes, you need to actively develop them, small rivers should also be under your control."
In the adopted resolution, the parliamentarians recommended that the Ministry continue to work on the implementation of the Volga River Rehabilitation project, relevant ministries and departments, together with the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources, work out the issue of implementing a pilot project on the territory of Tatarstan to create protective forest strips along the shores of water bodies, as well as speed up the process of lifting sunken ships in the waters of the Kuibyshev reservoir.