Four official Gosmorrechnadzora punished for "Bulgar"

(Kazan, Aug. 12, "Tatar-inform"). Four officials of the Department of the State of the Volga river and sea surveillance disciplined by the prosecutor for improper supervision of the operator dizelelektrohoda "Bulgar", today announced senior assistant prosecutor for the Volga vehicle interaction with the media and the public Maia Ivanova. Volga transport prosecutor's office revealed that one of the factors that served as a prerequisite for the accident was the failure obladavschih information about the absence of a license from the owner of the vessel LLC "Argorechtur" officials of state control of the Volga river and maritime surveillance of the Federal Service for Supervision of Transport and in particular the failure to their test activities, failure to respond, including in the form of a ban on operation supervised by an economic entity diesel-electric "Bulgars" for passengers, etc. In connection with this, as previously reported, the chief prosecutor of the Volga Volga Transport Department of the State of Maritime and River Oversight July 11, 2011 statement was submitted to rectify breaches of legislation on maritime safety. This led to the Prosecutor pursuant to the requirements of official investigation for the improper performance of official duties brought disciplinary proceedings against four officials, including Deputy Chief of Department of the State of the Volga river and maritime surveillance, the head of the Kazan linear and 2 state inspector. Recall that the tragedy took place July 10, 2011 about 13 hours and 30 minutes in the area of 1406 km of the river Volga (town Syukeevo Kama-Ust'insky region of the Republic of Tatarstan). As a result of flooding dizelelektrohoda "Bulgars" killed 122 people, managed to save only 79 passengers. All Regional News