(Kazan City KZN.RU, December 14). The reaction of Kazan residents to the felling of hazardous trees near the Kazan Federal University shows that citizens are not indifferent to what is happening in the capital of Tatarstan. It is necessary to make adjustments to the existing rules of coordination of cutting down the trees to the population was informed about the plans to cut down. This opinion was expressed by the Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin on traditional stuff meeting in the city Executive Committee.
The Mayor began the business Monday with thanking indifferent Kazan residents who promptly reacted to the felling of trees in the park near the KFU. "I want to thank the caring citizens who came and toughly demanded to stop cutting. This is a very revealing response: I am pleased that there is an active position of the residents, they are not indifferent to what is happening in the city. These 9 trees and 10 acres of land showed as far as Kazan and Kazan residents are a whole", - said I. Metshin.
According to the Mayor, before starting to cut down it was necessary to discuss the plans with the residents of the city, and above all, with a team of university teaching staff. "Not a single tree, even a hazardous one, can be cut down without having to put the public aware of this and discussing plans. We need to adjust the rules of work, especially in the historic center, but Azino, Yudino and Quarters and other areas of the capital are equally important for people. It is necessary to inform the public in advance about all the planned felling. It is normal practice"- Ilsur Metshin noted.
Recall, December 10 at the park near the KFU 33 trees were fallen. As administration of the university explained, the trees were considered as emergency pieces and could fall, causing damage to property and health of employees of the university. This event caused a strong reaction of Kazan residents, who called to stop the felling and landscaping the green space.