Damage to nature – 5.8 million RUR. Environmentalists of Prikamsky administration detected illegal extraction through GLONASS

Illegal mining of common mineral resources was revealed by the employees of the Prikamsky territorial administration of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan during the state environmental monitoring in the water area of ​​the Nizhnekamsk reservoir. Environmental violations were recorded by environmentalists using the GLONASS satellite navigation equipment, connecting the vessel to the unified state information system of the Republic of Tatarstan. The device recorded that during the period from June 23 to July 11 the vessel extracted sand-gravel mixture outside the permitted area. The volume of mined mineral was 44,183 tons. The detected fact is a violation of Art. 11 of the Law “On Subsoil”": License for the use of subsoil. The inspectors of the Prikamsky administration calculated the damage done to the environment. It amounted to 5.8 million rubles. For this offense, environmentalists sent a report to the Line Police Department in Naberezhnye Chelny of the Kazan Line Administration of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation for the initiation of a criminal case.

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