I. Metshin about snow removing: “We must work hard while the weather allows”

(KZN.RU, December 18, Alsu Safina). Ilsur Metshin, the Mayor of Kazan, urged the heads of districts’ administrations, as well as the heads of the housing and utilities committees and external improvement, to intensify the work on snow removing in the city at today’s Business Monday.

Igor Kulyazhev, the deputy head of the Executive Committee and the chairman of the Committee for External Improvement, reported that since the beginning of the winter season, there were no incidents at road facilities. “The movement was not stopped. There were comments on the unsatisfactory condition of driveways, a number of sidewalks and roads in the villages. All of them were timely reported to contractors and then eliminated”, he said. “At present, the main roads are in a satisfactory state and works on removing snow, cleaning sidewalks, bus-stops and driveways, and village roads continue”.

“I agree with the fact that all the wishes of the citizens have been brought to the contractors timely. But we still have to do a lot of cleaning”, the Mayor commented.

“We need to work hard while the weather allows”, said the Mayor to the heads of districts’ administrations and heads of service organizations. “There are almost no complaints on the roads. There was a small narrowing of the roadway but all this was eliminated on time. Sidewalks, pedestrian crossings, bus-stops are routine work”.

“The constant shortage of financial and labor resources is understandable, that is why we bought machinery. Let's focus on the tasks set by the weather and the decisions of which residents are asking”, noted the Mayor. He added that it is necessary to focus on problem areas where this work has not yet been carried out or is not being properly done. “I ask you to control it not from the window of a car but personally walk on spots”, he marked.

According to the Hydrometeorological Center, 74 mm of precipitation fell in the capital of Tatarstan since the beginning of the season, or 193% of the December norm and 15 mm of precipitation fell over the past week. The average thickness of the snow cover in the city is 30 cm.

Last week there were snowfalls, snowstorms, crossings through zero, and icing in the city. Every day more than 600 units of equipment worked on roads. Since the beginning of the season, 120 thousand tons were removed from city roads, including 60 thousand tons over the past week.