Bottom Volga inspected today the Minister of Environment. Tatarstan is working on an inventory of wrecks.

"The ship is fairly large, it sank, approximately 15 years ago", - summed up the outcome of such a Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic Farid Abdulganiyev after immersion into the Volga. Today, in the area near the harbor Forest conducted a survey of the river bed, to the divers joined the head of the Ministry of Ecology of Tatarstan. "In the country, we have recorded more than 100 wrecks, spent their photo and video fixation. More than half - have already passed environmental inspection. Talk about when to start work on raising the vessel, identified today, so far, each case is different and requires a comprehensive approach. eco-analytical vessel "Flamingo" is now working for the study of water quality and the impact of the wreck on the ecosystem of the water body. It allows you to monitor and control the quality of water in a continuous mode, - said Farid Abdulganiyev. - First of all, we set ourselves the task of conducting a full inventory of wrecks. " Dmitry Ivanov, deputy director of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tatarstan IPEN noted that in general, the performance of organic substances, petroleum products and heavy metals in the republic bodies of water are normal. There are local areas where excess recorded metals: iron, manganese and copper. "Court should be raised, in order to clean the bottom of the channel and the water from the metal and concrete debris." He praised the work of Tatarstan Rustam Rabadanov colleagues - deputy director of the Department of state policy and regulation in the field of environmental protection of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation. Recall, he came to Kazan to study the environmental situation in Kazan on the eve of the World Cup FIFA 2018. "The President of Russia in 2017 declared the Year of Ecology, - he recalled - and this work takes on the greatest urgency. In general, Tatarstan paid maximum attention to solving environmental issues, operational decisions are taken to eliminate and minimize the negative impact on the environment ", - said Rustam Rabadanov, and therefore, expressed gratitude to the leadership of the Republic of Tatarstan.

Press service of the Ministry