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The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan invites socially oriented non-profit organizations to participate in the training seminar “On procedure for granting, on a competitive basis, subsidies from the budget of the Republic of Tatarstan to Socially-oriented Non-profit Organizations in Tatarstan in the field of environmental safety” at 16:00 on August 22. The event will take place in office No. 209 in the building of the Ministry.

Applications for participation are accepted by phone (843) 267-68-11 or by e-mail Anisa.Mannapova@tatar.ru

“The experts of the Federal Agency for Water Resources approved 2 measures of the republic for a total amount of 118.4 million rubles for inclusion in the federal project “Preservation of unique water bodies, said Aleksandr Shadrikov. - This is a clearing of the pond in Derzhavino village and clearing the right tributary of the Mesha river in Nikolskoye village of Laishevskiy district”.

7 measures for inclusion in the federal project “Clean Country” are being worked out for a total preliminary amount of more than 3.2 billion rubles. Minister Aleksandr Shadrikov spoke about the implementation of the “Ecology” National Project as part of a briefing at the Government House. “These are measures for rehabilitation of 5 landfills in Nizhnekamskiy, Tukayevskiy, Menzelinskiy, Novosheshminskiy districts and Samosyrovskyi landfill in the city of Kazan, as well as the elimination of 2 objects of accumulated harm in Shemordan village of Sabinskiy district and Novyi Kokshan of Mendeleyevskiy district”, he said.

On the territory of the republic, by 2024, it is planned to liquidate 2 objects of accumulated harm and raise 21 flooded vessels. The dismantling of the inactive pipelines of the Ozernoye oil field in the Nizhnekamsk reservoir is planned to be implemented from 2020, the restoration of silt sites of the biological sewage treatment facilities of the city of Kazan - by 2024.

Today implementation of the Ecology National project in the republic was discussed in the Government House of the Republic of Tatarstan. In 2019, implementation of measures of the Republic of Tatarstan is provided for in 3 federal projects of the Ecology national project, he noted. - This is “Improvement of the Volga”, “Clear Water” and “Forests Conservation”. Project financing was approved until 2021 and amounts to 5.8 billion rubles, including 4.8 billion rubles from the federal budget.

According to the complaints of the population about the sharp unpleasant smell of gas in Aviastroitelnyi and Vysokogorskiy districts, environmentalists checked the quality of atmospheric air by 15 indicators.

Exceeds the maximum permissible concentrations of pollutants in the air is not detected.

Gathering of citizens and opening of a rural house of culture took place in Stepnoye Ozero village of Nurlatskiy district. It was attended by the Head of Nurlatskiy district Almaz Akhmetshin and the Curator of the district, Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan Aleksandr Shadrikov. At the gathering of citizens, the Head of the settlement Riyaz Sadykov reported on the work done, reported on the resolution of issues raised at the last gathering of citizens.

More than 7 cubic meters of garbage were collected from the shores of Podbornoye Lake in Nizhnekamskiy district as part of the “Clean Coast” campaign. The cleaning of the territory was attended by specialists from the Zakamskiy Territorial Administration of the Ministry of Ecology of the Republic of Tatarstan and the RT State Committee for Biological Resources, active gardeners, youth and representatives of public organizations - more than 40 people in total.

Non-Governmental Environmental Fund named after V.I. Vernadsky and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation together with the All-Russian Society for the Conservation of Nature, ANO Expocentre “Zapovedniki Rossii” and the Interregional Ecological Public Organization GREENLIFE announced the holding of the II All-Russian contest “The Best Eco-Volunteer Team”. Applications are accepted until September 30, 2019. Volunteer groups, uniting citizens aged 10 and more, who have implemented socio-environmental projects, are invited to participate.

Two similar violations of soil pollution by oil products were identified by specialists from the South-Eastern Territorial Administration of the Ministry of Ecology of the Republic of Tatarstan in April and November 2017. Then the company was brought to administrative responsibility under part 2 of article 8.6 of Administrative Code in the form of a fine of 160 thousand rubles. However, the payment of a fine does not relieve the violators of environmental legislation of liability for harm caused to nature. The Arbitration Court of the Republic of Tatarstan upheld the environmental claims in the amount of 3,451,300 rubles.