Aerial surveys of coastal strips will be conducted in Kazan

(Kazan City KZN.RU, June 14). Inventory of water protection zones in Kazan id a necessary step in bringing order to the coastal areas. Such an opinion was expressed by the Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin at today's staff meeting, one of the themes of which municipal control of land within the boundaries of water protection zones of the city became.

Chairman of Land and Property Relations Committee of Kazan Renat Galyautdinov reported on the activities carried out by the oversight. Since 2014 913 plots of land were checked, on which 281 infringements were revealed. The most common violations include unauthorized occupation of the coastal strip with the installation of fences, installation of moorings without registration of the relevant contracts.

Since the number of water bodies is not placed on the cadastral registration, it is impossible to determine their boundaries, which is a problem in conducting of oversight activities, R.Galyautdinov explained. "The consequence of the lack of cadastral registration is an unauthorized use of the coastal strips, non-compliance with the 20-meter band of public use", - he said. To bring the water protection zones of water bodies to the standards the action plan, approved by the Prime Minister of Tatarstan Ildar Khalikov, was developed.

"It assumed the aerial shooting of the coastline of the Kuibyshev Reservoir, laser scanning of surfaces, preparation of cartographic material with exact coordinates of coastline, objects of construction and land borders within the foreshore", - R.Galyautdinov announced the next plans. He added that the working group to conduct field surveys includes representatives of the municipality. Chairman of the Committee explained that the implementation of this plan will help to define the boundary violations of water protection zones more accurately, to strengthen control of the territory and to achieve the conservation of natural resources.

Mayor of Kazan said that the work to restore order in the areas along the borders of water bodies will be continued in cooperation with all relevant departments and ministries.

"The banks, embankments, water protection areas should be equally accessible to the entire population of our city - I. Metshin said. - Work started on the instructions of the President of the Republic of Tatarstan. We will conduct this work purposefully, systematically, in the interests of residents. The law must be complied with all, regardless of the height of the fence and the means spent by the owners in these areas".