On the Day without automobile the Minister of Ecology Artem Sidorov used public transportation
22 September 2014, Monday
Today, all fellow workers of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstanparticipated in the World campaign “Day without automobile”. The parking lot adjacent to the Ministry is closed, and fellow workers were using public transportation, a crew bus and bicycles. The Minister for Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan, Artem Sidorov, also used public transportation today. He took trolleybus No. 8 to get from the traditional meeting that was held at the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Tatarstan to his workplace. Artem Sidorov acknowledged that today everyone has a chance to support the campaign “Day without automobile” — we observe considerable improvement in the work of public transportation, and there is a possibility to ride a bike.
The campaign is meant to remind of the negative impact of cars on the environment and to urge the people see the idea of the necessity to use alternative means of transportation.
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.