The Ministry of Ecology of the Republic of Tatarstan conducted a raid with Russian Railways employees to identify violations in the right-of-way of the Gorky Railway
Employees of Russian Railways and the Scientific and Production Center for Environmental Protection were also involved in the survey of the right-of-way of the railway in the territory of the city of Kazan and municipalities of the Republic of Tatarstan.
As part of the raid, 87 violations of environmental legislation were identified. Moreover, most of them were unauthorized landfills. Violations were recorded jointly with representatives of the administrations of Kazan and the municipal districts of the Republic of Tatarstan (Vysokogorsky and Zelenodolsky) so that they could take response measures to eliminate violations. According to the preliminary results of the raid, the Zelenodolsk district became an anti-leader: the largest number of violations was recorded on its territory, there were 27 of them. The least polluted areas are Kirovsky and Moskovsky, where 9 violations were found.
As a result of the raid, the owners of the private land plots will also be identified. Environmentalists will send warnings to violators about the need to comply with environmental legislation and eliminate waste.