Сeremonial opening of a spring took place in Rybnaya Sloboda

         On November 28, 2013, the Minister for Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan Artem Sidorov took part in the opening of the spring in the Zangar-Kul settlement of the Rybnaya Sloboda municipal area of the Republic of Tatarstan. The campaign was devoted to the Year of environmental culture and protection in the Republic of Tatarstan. As the Minister for Ecology Artem Sidorov pointed out, Tatarstan is the most abounding in water subject of the Russian Federation. The Government of the Republic and the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan pay much attention to campaigns directed on the improvement of a sanitary and ecological condition of waters being one of the main factor defining the quality of life of the population of the republic.
           This facility was included into the list of nature protection events for 2013. The work on landscaping of the spring and the adjacent territory was carried out in the framework of implementation of the Republican target program “Ecological safety of the Republic of Tatarstan for 2013-2015”. Owing to the holding of this event, the spring wasn’t just arranged, but it was made available for public use again as a site for leisure and ecological tourism. The domestic waste was removed from the territory, the drain was cleaned, and a water accumulating unit was installed. A shed was built over the spring along with beautification of the territory adjacent to the spring on the area of 1,720 m2, a parking lot of 246.5 m2 in area was built along with two pergolas and tables, a billboard with the information on the spring was installed, pedestrian ways were arranged, a down-take to the spring was equipped with a staircase made of forged steel.
            Due to the peculiarities of the geological setting, there are 101 springs in Rybno-Slobodsky district (95 of which are used constantly, and 6 are used seasonally), and 4 are recommended for use.