The fact of unauthorized use of mineral resources was revealed in Vysokaya gora district

Inspectors of the State Inspection of Ecological Surveillance under the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan revealed the fact of illegal extraction of common mineral resources. On July 30, 2015 the raid with regard to the information provided by citizens through hotline of the Ministry on illegal quarry development near Staraya Tura village of Vysokaya Gora district of the Republic of Tatarstan.

At the site of illegal quarry development (unauthorized extraction of black soil) fellow workers of the Ministry together with prosecutor’s office of Vysokaya gora district of the Republic and fellow workers of the Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for Vysokaya Gora district of the Republic of Tatarstan took in custody a wheel-mounted power shovel with no registration plates and two KAMAZ trucks loaded with black soil.  Explanatory reports were given by drivers and a tractor operator, and all the machines were removed to the car impound. The work on identification of persons involved in organization of this violation is going on.

Please, inform the Ministry of Ecology on illegal extraction of mineral resources at (843) 267-68-67 (Hotline), through the Geo-information System “People’s control” in the category “Illegal quarries”, or at eco.signal@tatar.ru.

Press Service of the Ministry