A two-meter fence was demolished on the bank of the Kazanka River without judicial ruling Ecological specialists checked today compliance with the water protection legislation

A metal fence limiting free access to the coastal area of the Kazanka River was demolished today by the owners of the territory of the water rowing center on Rabochaya Str. in Novo-Savinsky district of Kazan. Earlier, inspectors of the Central Territorial Department under the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan drew a protocol under Article 8.12.1 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation ("Failure to comply with the obligation to provide citizens with free access to the public water body and its coastal area"), a ruling was given to sustain a sentence in the form of a fine of 200 thousand rubles. Moreover, a remedial action order was issued to the owner of the land plot to demolish the fence. The violation has been eliminated.

For the similar facts of limitation of access to the coastal areas of water bodies,this year the Ministry of ecologydrew up 159 administrative protocols, the fines were imposed to the amount of 1.2 million rubles, and 36 claims based on the Ministry's materials were referred to the judicial authorities on elimination of violations, while there are already 24 judgments on satisfaction of claims (others are in progress).

During the surveillance activities, in 2016, inspectors of the Ministry of Ecology with the help of Kazan and Tatar Nature Protection Prosecutor's Offices and the Prosecutor's Office of the Republic of Tatarstan revealed 1,078 violations of the water protection legislation requirements, and the imposed fines amounted to 6.3 million rubles.

Press Service of the Ministry