32 km of the Kazanka River has been cleared of tree debris as part of the Free Current project in support of the national Environmental Well-being project
The third stage of the pilot project of the Ministry of Ecology of the Republic of Tatarstan and the Tatarstan branch of the Russian Geographical Society "Free Current", which is aimed at the ecological rehabilitation of the Kazanka River, continues in the Republic of Tatarstan. It is being implemented with the support of the Head of the Republic of Tatarstan, Rustam Nurgalievich Minnikhanov.
Today, as part of the Free Current project, an ecological rafting took place in the Biryulinsky rural settlement of the Vysokogorsky district. Journalists and volunteers, along with instructors from the Kazan Kayak Club, cleaned up trash on the Kazanka River.
"We started doing environmental rafting this year. We learned about the Free Current project of the Ministry of Ecology and decided to contribute our help. When you walk, communicate with tourists, you want to show all the beauty of our rivers. By our personal example, we show that it is necessary not only to clean up the garbage after ourselves, but also to help nature by collecting plastic that remains in our rivers," said Ruslan Aitov, an instructor at the Kazan Kayak kayaking club.
First, the volunteers and journalists cleaned the riverbank together, then the specialists conducted a briefing and told about the rules of safety on the water. Many were kayaking for the first time, but they quickly got used to it and helped collect plastic bottles left on the river. In total, 6 bags of garbage were collected during several hours of work.
The Free Current project was launched in 2023. As of today, within the framework of the project:
- 32 km of the river passed;
- 69 blocks of fallen trees have been dismantled, preventing the free flow of the river;
- more than 900 bags of garbage have been collected from the banks of the Kazanka River;
- about 5,000 cubic meters of wood were extracted from the water.
RGS specialists continue to remove tree debris and check the already cleared sections of the river. This year, about 100 bags of garbage have been collected and 14 tree blocks have been dismantled.