Large-scale Saturday work campaign “Green Russia” was held in Tatarstan
30 August 2014, Saturday
The campaign — All-Russian ecological Saturday work campaign “Green Russia” — was held in every city and district of the Republic of Tatarstan. The event was aimed at improvement of the ecological state of Russian cities and regions. The Minister for Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan, Artem Sidorov, announced start of the campaign in Apastovo municipal district, where the trees were planted near the spring in Enali village in the framework of the campaign “Green Russia”.
Fellow workers of the Ministry cleaned the coastal area of Kaban lake in the direction of the “Military camp” together with proponents of public organizations and citizens of Kazan.
All in all, more than 80 regions of the Russian Federation participated in the campaign including representatives of public organizations and movements, large, small and medium businesses who care for the problems of environmental protection.
As part of the new national project "Environmental well-being" Tatarstan has planned the implementation of 8 environmental initiatives with total funding of 3 billion rubles. The main part of the funds will be used for work on the federal project "Water of Russia", Minister of Ecology Azat Ziganshin said at a briefing in the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Tatarstan.
Today, Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan Azat Ziganshin spoke at a briefing in the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Tatarstan. The event was dedicated to the start of the sanitary and ecological two-month period and environmental work plans for 2026 within the framework of the national project "Environmental well-being".
Today, at the weekly staff meeting with the heads of structural and territorial divisions, the Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan, Azat Ziganshin, presented badges and official identification cards to the staff of the department.