(KZN.RU,
December 12, Alsu Safina). Ilsur Metshin, the Mayor of Kazan, instructed the
heads of districts administrations to prevent the occurrence of unauthorized
trees trade places today at the Business Monday. “We brought the tradition of
planting living trees in areas, where Christmas trees event are held. Some firs
are more than 5 years old”, said I. Metshin. “My personal opinion is that it is
humanely and right. It is not necessary to cut down a tree for two weeks
holiday”.
According
to Ilsur Metshin, living firs should be planted near schools, in the yards and
places, where it is tradition to meet the most important holiday of the year.
“Tomorrow agenda is this: if it is a living fir, then it must be planted. In
summer, it grows, and in winter it could be decorated”, he added. The Mayor
noted that the majority of the Kazan inhabitants today decorate their homes
with artificial trees that can be used for many years.
A sale of
Christmas trees for those who are faithful to the tradition of decorating the
house with a living fir, should be organized in a civilized way, sure the
Mayor. Two auctions to lease sites for trees trading were organized in the city
for this purpose. “We need to make sure that there was not unauthorized trading
sites and cutting down trees”, Ilsur Metshin addressed to the heads of
districts administrations of Kazan.
Ruslan
Zainetdinov, the chairman of the Consumer Market Committee, said that 21 sites
were prepared for auctions to lease the Christmas trees trade this year in
Kazan in all districts of the city, except the Sovetsky district. The area of
each is 20 square meters. Initial cost is more than 6 thousand rubles.
Applications were received for 13 lots. Leases signed in the amount of 249,000
rubles.
Residents
of the Sovetsky district can buy a living Christmas tree on the sites of
shopping centers “Megastroy”, “Altyn-T” and ‘OBI”, in the Agroprompark, as well
as in the markets “Dauria”, “Rodina” and “Derby”.