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In order to control and prevent unauthorized waste storage, employees of the South-Eastern, Prikamsky, and Zakamsky territorial departments of the Ministry of Ecology of the Republic of Tatarstan, together with representatives of the Kuibyshev Railway, the Volzhsko-Kamsky Interregional Department of Rosprirodnadzor for the Republic of Tatarstan, the Ministry of Forestry of the Republic of Tatarstan, the Lower Kama National Park, and local self-government bodies of the municipalities of the Republic of Tatarstan, examined the allotment lanes of Russian Railways and adjacent territories. The event was held within the framework of the sanitary and ecological two-month period.  

Today, the Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan Alexander Shadrikov made a helicopter flight, during which he inspected the work carried out within the framework of the sanitary and ecological two-month period on the territory of the republic. The flight passed through Laishevsky, Mamadyshsky, Elabuga, Nizhnekamsk, Menzelinsky, Mendeleevsky districts.

Earlier, inspectors of the Priiksky Territorial Department of the Ministry of Ecology of the Republic of Tatarstan found unauthorized placement of solid household waste on the territory of the Isergapovsky rural settlement. The area of the cluttered plot was 350 sq. m., the volume – 40 cubic meters.

The dumping of production and consumption waste on the soil was revealed by the inspectors of the Zavolzhsky territorial Administration of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan in the western part of the settlement of Kulgany within the framework of the sanitary and ecological two-month period. The area of unauthorized waste disposal amounted to 270 sq. m., the volume – 12 cubic meters.

Inspectors of the Zavolzhsky Territorial Administration of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan found a cluttered plot in the western part of the settlement of Shusherma. Waste paper and cardboard, film, plastic containers, rubber tires, as well as garbage from homes was dumped on the territory. "The total area of illegal storage was 232 sq. m., with the volume of 15 cubic meters," the environmentalists said.

A brick breakage, unsorted waste from homes, as well as plastic and glass bottles littered the soil on the territory of the Absalyamovsky rural settlement of the Yutazinsky district. The violation was revealed by the inspectors of the South-Eastern Territorial Administration of the Ministry of Ecology of the Republic of Tatarstan during the raid. The area of the contaminated site amounted to 450 sq. m., the volume – 180 cubic meters.

Construction waste, as well as unsorted garbage from homes littered the territory of the western part of the village of Urussu of the Yutazinsky district. The violation of the environmental legislation was revealed by the inspectors of the Priiksky Territorial Administration of the Ministry of Ecology of the Republic of Tatarstan within the framework of the sanitary and ecological two-month period. The total area of the contaminated site was 570 sq. m., the volume – 684 cubic meters.

Tributary of the river Ucha was fenced off by citizen of the village Upper Takanysh of the Mamadysh district, thereby restricted the free access of citizens to the water body. The violation was recorded by the inspectors of the Prikamsky Territorial Administration of the Ministry during the survey of the water protection zone.  This fact is a violation of Part 6 and Part 8 of Article 6 of the Water Code of the Russian Federation No. 74-FZ of 03.06.2006 and Federal Law No. 282-FZ dd. 21.10.2013.

The fact of dumping construction waste – soil mixed with the battle of bricks was discovered by employees of the South-Eastern Territorial Administration of the Ministry of Ecology of the Republic of Tatarstan in Almetyevsk. The waste dumped on the ground littered the territory with an area of 125 sq. m. These wastes belong to the 4th class of danger, environmentalists noted. The action is a violation of the requirements of Article 51 of Federal Law No. 7-FZ of 10.01.2020.

Within the framework of the sanitary and ecological two-month period, the Deputy Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan, Airat Shigapov, together with the head of the Volzhsko-Kamsky Interregional Department, Fayaz Shakirov, made a helicopter flight over the regions of the republic. The audit revealed 335 violations of environmental legislation. The main part of the violations is the unauthorized dumping of waste.