NEWS

Several appeals from citizens regarding the quality of atmospheric air in Naberezhnye Chelny were received by the Kama Territorial Administration of the Ministry of Ecology of the Republic of Tatarstan last week. Residents of the settlements of HPP, ZYAB, Sidorovka, Komsomolsk district, in particular, complained about unpleasant odors.

To date, the department's specialists have reviewed 4824 appeals from citizens. These are 2,088 messages in the School Eco-patrol mobile application and 816 notifications received through the People's Control system. 126 requests were registered on the feedback platform "POS" and 1794 – through the Internet reception of the Ministry.

The family is the guardian of values and traditions. Today, a holiday is celebrated all over the country, which concerns each of us. In the Year of the Family and the Day of Family, Love and Fidelity, we have allocated several nominations and awarded our families for their dedication and loyalty to each other.

The Ministry of Ecology received an appeal from residents about the pollution of the Toima River. Inspectors of the Kama department went to the place of treatment, conducted a survey of the territory and took water samples. According to the results of the study, exceedances were revealed: for ammonium ions by 1.42 times, phosphate ions by 6.9 times, sulfate ions by 7.5 times, iron by 3.5 times and manganese by 19.4 times.

Graduation ceremonies are held in many Tatarstan universities and colleges these days. Students of Kazan Petrochemical College named after V. P. Lushnikov and Kazan Agrarian University were escorted into adulthood this week. 

From June to September, the ecological marathon "In the footsteps of good deeds" takes place in the municipal districts of the Republic of Tatarstan. The campaign is timed to coincide with the II Olympiad of Young Environmentalists "Clean Heritage". 

From January 1 to July 5, 17 automatic air pollution control stations performed more than 2.275 million measurements, including five automatic air pollution control stations in Kazan performed more than 677 thousand measurements.

Over a thousand vehicles have already been tested for environmental friendliness in Tatarstan.  This time the raids took place in Naberezhnye Chelny and Almetyevsk district. 

A month of practical classes on the ecology of the city and the river started in Kazan as part of the Kazanka Development Strategy. The first meeting of the participants took place on the eve on the Black Lake. The annual urban laboratory "Citizen Scientist" is aimed at sharing knowledge between experts-architects, environmentalists, scientists and residents. The project has been running for 3 years and became a finalist of the I All-Russian Park Award in the nomination "Environmental Campaign".

An Extended Board meeting dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the formation of the Federal Agency for Water Resources is taking place in Moscow today. The Republic of Tatarstan is represented at the event by Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan Alexander Shadrikov.