Inspectors of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan terminated illegal recovery of mineral resources on the river Kama
21 April 2014, Monday
As of April 15, inspectors of the Trans-Kama Territorial Department under the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan took measures on revelation of the fact of illegal recovery of common mineral resources on the river Kama. On April 18, 2014 inspectors of the Ministry of Ecology together with fellow workers of the Department for Economic Safety and Anti-Corruption Activity under the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Republic of Tatarstan and fellow workers of the line police department of Naberezhnye Chelny of Kazan Line Department under the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia on the transport, registered the fact of illegal recovery of common mineral resources (sand-and gravel material). Joint operative measures on prevention of further recovery were taken along with revelation of circumstances together with fellow workers of the police department under the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Tatarstan. According to the preliminary information, recovery of sand-and gravel material on the river Kama was carried out beyond the boundaries of the licensed site.
In the course of work, fellow workers of the Line Police Department withdrew the documents of persons involved in this offence, and the materials were referred to Kazan Line Department under the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia on the transport.
Inspectors of the Central Department, together with representatives of the Kazan Interdistrict Environmental Prosecutor's Office and the Office of the Federal Service for State Registration, Cadastre and Cartography of the Republic of Tatarstan, conducted a survey of the territory of the Zelenodolsk district.
The events were held in the Zainsky district. The commission included inspectors from the Zakamsky Department of the Ministry of Ecology of the Republic of Tatarstan.
The Ministry of Ecology of the Republic of Tatarstan received an appeal from residents about violations of environmental legislation in the Yelabuga district. Inspectors from the Kama Department went to the site and confirmed the fact of dumping production and consumption waste into the territory of the Bug River water protection zone.