01/15/2020 the meeting under the chairmanship of First Deputy Minister Artur Galiyev on the maintenance and protection of cemeteries, as well as registration of land on which burial sites are located was held in the Ministry of land and property of the Republic of Tatarstan via videoconference. The meeting was attended by the Assistant of the President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustem Merzakreev, representatives of the Office of the Federal service of state registration, cadaster and cartography in the Republic of Tatarstan, a branch of the Federal State Budgetary Institution "Federal Cadastral Chamber of the Federal service of state registration, cadaster and cartography " in the Republic of Tatarstan, the Association "Council of Municipalities of the Republic of Tatarstan", and municipalities of the Republic of Tatarstan.
According to the order of the President of the Republic of Tatarstan R.N.Minnikhanov, local authorities were instructed to register and bring into the appropriate category land under cemeteries.
In the Republic of Tatarstan there are 3 835 cemeteries of which:
- issued - 2,271;
- partially executed - 118;
- not executed - 1,446.
Most cemeteries are located on agricultural land.
In order to bring the use of such lands in accordance with the legislation, it is necessary:
- carry out cadastral work on land surveying, formation and registration of cadastral land plots provided for the placement of cemeteries as industrial and other special purpose land;
- carry out the transfer of the category of land in the land of industry and other special purposes.
For the period from 01.01.2020 to 01.15.2020, by the decisions of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Tatarstan, 128 plots with a total area of 123 hectares were transferred from the category of agricultural land to the category of industrial land.
Currently, the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Tatarstan is considering cases on the transfer of 100 plots to the category of industrial land, and in the Ministry of Land and Property of the Republic of Tatarstan - on the transfer of 480 plots.
Draft decisions of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Tatarstan on transferring from one category to another have been prepared for 243 sites. In connection with the identification of comments on 237 sites, finalization of the submitted documents by local authorities is required.
The meeting in videoconference discussed frequently encountered problems in the design of sites, a simplified procedure for registration of cemeteries, cemeteries located on the lands of the forest fund, as well as the most common comments when preparing documents for changing the category of sites.
The next meeting is scheduled for 01/22/2020.