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Now in Moscow, chaired by the Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Alexander Khloponin, the final meeting of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation “On the results of the work of the Ministry of Natural Resources of the Russian Federation in 2016 and tasks for 2017” is held. The keynote speech is made by Minister Sergei Donskoy. Among the key issues are holding events timed to the Year of Ecology in Russia, the waste management system, and minimizing the negative impact on the environment.

Today, the employees of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan held a large-scale clean-up on the Blue Lake in Kazan. Representatives of the administration of the Aviastroitelniy and Novo-Savinovsky districts of the city, participants in the youth movement BUDETCHISTO, and the unindifferent inhabitants of nearby settlements actively joined the environmental action. On the international Earth Day, volunteers cleaned up the coastal zone of the lake, removed debris, deadwood and windfall. 

On April 22 celebrated an international holiday, honoring pure Water, Air, Earth. A day that reminds of environmental disasters to all who lives on the planet, the day when everyone should think about what one personally can do to address pressing environmental issues “here and now”. Annually on this day around the world various actions are carried out aimed on preservation of water, earth resources and other gifts of the nature. On the Blue Lake, the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan will hold a large-scale clean up dedicated to the Earth Day.

Mikhail Kozminykh, chairman of the committee of state environmental supervision of the Leningrad region, visited Tatarstan. During the visit the environmental authorities of the Leningrad Region and the Republic of Tatarstan shared the experience. Recall, a corresponding agreement has been signed between the regions. The Minister of Ecology of Tatarstan, Farid Abdulganiev, presented to colleagues projects that are being implemented on the territory of the republic: the work method of territorial administrations, methods for revealing environmental violations, ecological education of the younger generation. 

Today, the Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan, Farid Abdulganiev, took part in a mass clean-up in the Zelenodolsky district. Together with the chief ecologist of the republic, representatives of the district executive authorities, labor collectives, students and schoolchildren came out to clean the territory. Together, they put in order the strip of the “Kazan-Zelenodolsk” highway, removed debris, windfall and deadwood.

The territory of one of the enterprises of Almetyevsk is littered with garbage – automobile tires, of ferrous and non-ferrous scrap, synthetic materials, old household appliances, construction garbage. The area is 7000 m2. Unauthorized waste disposal was discovered during a helicopter flight. Inspectors of the South-Eastern Territorial Administration of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan filed an administrative investigation against the offenders.

On April 22 and 29 residents of Leninogorsk will go out to clean streets and parks of foliage and debris. Details on the all-city clean-up were discussed at a meeting in the city administration. The event was attended by representatives of the executive power of the district, heads of enterprises, the South-East Territorial Administration of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan.

Dumps of metals, wood, bricks, rubber tires were recorded by the inspectors of the Zavolzhsky territorial administration of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan in the Kaibitsky district. During the check of the sanitary condition of the village of Bolshye Kaybitsy, five unauthorized waste disposal sites were identified.

The exhibition of products made of waste materials was organized by residents of Almetyevsk. They presented more than 40 family exhibits at the “ECO-exhibition” in one of the city parks. The pieces made by the participants were evaluated by specialists from the South-Eastern Territorial Administration of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan, representatives of the Department of Ecology of Almetyevsky District, participants of the Republican Project “Staff Reserve”, employees of PJSC “Ecoservice”. 

Bicycles and tourist tents are waiting for the Tatarstanians. Prizes will be played out in Kazan, on the central venue of the cleanup. Everyone who has a special flyer of a participant in eco-protection campaign #ECOspring2017 will be able to take part. The flyer can be obtained by support city and district in the general cleaning. It is only necessary to go to the cleanup, take part in an event to clean the territories of debris, inform the environmentalists of the territorial administration (phone numbers are listed below) and become one of the bidders for the main prize. Winners will be determined by the specified seven-digit number, so the flyer must be kept until May 31, 2017.