On December 21, 2020, the Zainsk District saw a ceremonial event of opening four state-of-the-art automotive natural gas filling stations, which will be operated by drivers of Aktanysh, Zainsk, Menzelinsk, and Nurlat districts. The ceremony was attended by Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan Albert Karimov, Minister of Transport and Roads of Tatarstan Farit Khanifov, heads of Zainsk, Menzelinsk, Aktanysh, and Nurlat districts.
In addition, the event was attended by Deputy Head of Gazprom’s Department 308 Andrey Savin, Director General of Gazprom Gazomotornoye Toplivo Timur Soin, Director General of Gazprom Transgaz Kazan Rustem Usmanov, and Director General of RariTEK Holding Rafael Batyrshin.
As a result, the republic’s territory today hosts 28 NGV filling stations and 1 mobile gas filling station in the in the Mendeleyevsk Municipal District.
The development of CNG filling infrastructure in Tatarstan is carried out within the framework of the national Energy Development Programme and the Tatarstan government programme entitled “Construction of NGV Filling Stations in Tatarstan in 2019–2023”.