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Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed a decree on the allocation of budget funds for the elimination of 15 sources of pollution of the Volga River. The works will be held in Tatarstan, Chuvashia, Astrakhan, Ivanovo, Samara, Ulyanovsk and Yaroslavl regions. 

More than 180 thousand cubic meters of silt were removed from the bottom of two water bodies in the Laishevsky district. Let us recall that within the framework of the federal project "Preservation of unique water bodies" of the national project "Ecology", work is being carried out to clear the pond in the village of Derzhavino and the Meshi River near the village of Nikolskoye. Today, the objects were visited by the Deputy Minister of Ecology of the Republic of Tatarstan Egor Tarnavsky.

Work on the reclamation of a landfill in Menzelinsk has been completed on 6 hectares. The event was implemented within the framework of the federal project "Clean Country" of the national project "Ecology".

For 3 days, an ecological rafting was held along the Vyatka River, organized by the Russian Geographical Society of the Republic of Tatarstan with the support of the Ministry of Ecology of the Republic of Tatarstan within the framework of the federal project "Conservation of unique water bodies" of the national project "Ecology".

The meeting with the Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation took place in Moscow as part of the working trip of the President of the Republic of Tatarstan, according to the website of the Ministry of Natural Resources of Russia. The parties discussed the implementation of the federal projects "Improvement of the Volga River", "Clean Country", as well as the creation of "Ak Bars" – Center for the Study of Rare Cat species and the ecological and educational center on the territory of the republic.

In November, reclamation of another landfill was started within the framework of the federal project “Clean Country” of the national project “Ecology” in the Republic of Tatarstan. The facility is located in Menzelinsk town.

The following works have already been carried out: clearing the southern map of the landfill, excavating the soil of the settling pit and the site for the placement of solid waste, the planning of their slopes. The construction of a geo-membrane cover for the waste disposal site, drainage pipes and a sand cushion (drainage) is being completed.

12.6 thousand square meters were not only cleared, but also landscaped. The reclamation of disturbed lands in the Shemordan village, Sabinskiy region have been completed in the framework of the federal project “Clean Country”. As a reminder, the work began in June 2020. After the technical stage - the excavation and transfer of bitumen and oil-contaminated soil waste for disposal, the contractor began biological reclamation - applying a soil-fertile layer and sowing seeds.

Today the Republic of Tatarstan has joined the “Clean Coasts” marathon. As part of the all-Russian campaign “Water of Russia”, volunteer events to clean up debris from the banks of rivers and lakes take place simultaneously throughout Russia.

For 2 hours of the clean-up, volunteers collected separately 230 bags of waste - all of them were taken out and subsequently will be processed by the regional operator of PZhKH Management Company. The Megastroy hypermarket was also a partner in the campaign.

The Minister of Ecology of Tatarstan made a working visit together with the Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing and Communal Services of the Republic of Tatarstan Marat Aizatullin. The heads of departments assessed the progress of work at the reclaimed landfill near the Prosti village and visited the renovated Krasnoklyuchinskiy dam.

The first object, reclaimed in Tatarstan within the framework of the federal project “Clean Country”, is now at the completion stage. The degradation and disturbance of the land was expressed in the overlap of the soil with fragments of reinforced concrete structures with an area of ​​259 square meters, the disposal of bitumen waste with a volume of 1.6 thousand cubic meters, contamination of 12.6 thousand square meters of soil. 6 thousand residents of the village will feel the positive changes from the reclamation work.