(KZN.RU, September 19, by Taisiya Basharkina). Creating an accessible environment, transparency of the municipal policy and the preservation of historic monuments - these are the main challenges facing the municipality in the coming year dealt with by the head of the republic Rustam Minnikhanov in his annual address to the State Council of Tatarstan. At today's Business Monday Ilsur Metshin promised that all the goals set by the President will be achieved .
"The topic of creating an accessible environment was so forcefully presented in the President's address for the first time," said the head of the city. "And this issue needs to find new solutions this year." The fact is that some of Kazan's developers create a pseudo-accessible environment for low mobile people by commissioning objects which only seem to comply with the building regulations but in reality violate them. Ilsur Metshin sees the cause of the problem in the absence of clear regulations and control by the relevant authorities.
Implementation of the Cutural Heritage program requires adoption of systemic solutions. "Work on the preservation of the historic center has already begun. Those in charge are the building owners, city administration, law enforcement bodies, local government departments and supervisory bodies," said I. Metshin. He emphasized that a plan for Kazan's cultural heritage protection areas will be adopted at the next session .
Another task set by the President of Tatarstan is providing economic justification for the utility tariffs. Kazan residents are increasingly outraged by the opacity of the utility tariff increases. "We need to make them transparent "to the penny", to explain to the population how its money is being spent," said I. Metshin. For this purpose, we need to make information accessible and open to the public. We should hold public hearings in district administrations and create a telephone hotline. In other words, we must be in constant dialogue with the public.