First section of highway destroyed in June 13 flood will reopen on September 15
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The results of intensive clean-up works are taking shape in Tbilisi, two months on from the deadly flood that killed 19 people, devastated Tbilisi Zoo and left hundreds homeless.
Two people remain missing since the June 13 flood but since then authorities have conducted numerous searches and worked to rebuild the damaged infrastructure.
Today Tbilisi Mayor Davit Narmania said part of the New Highway (Chabua Amirejibi Highway) that connected Vake and Saburtalo districts will reopen to traffic on September 15.
Based on the plan agreed with the contractor, the motorway route from Tamarashvili Street and then connecting Vake and Saburtalo central streets is scheduled to open on September 15,” Narmania said.
The section of motorway connecting Tamarashvili Street with Heroes Square will also open at the same time,” said Narmania.
He added intensive works were ongoing on another section of the motorway and that was due to be completed by the end of the month.
A damaged road section after the June 13 flood in Tbilisi. Photo by N. Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
Narmania stressed efforts to rebuild the city had not stopped since the disaster struck and construction and renovation works were continuing every day and night.
It is believed the damage caused in Tbilisi in the June 13 flood exceeded 100 million GEL.
As well as fixing vital infrastructure, Narmania said the local government was also trying to solve accommodation issues for the hundreds of residents whose homes were damaged or destroyed in the flood.
About 400 people from up to 80 families lost everything they owned as a result of Tbilisi flood. Photo by N. Alavidze/Agenda.ge
The flood is believed to have been caused by a landslide in nearby village Akhaldaba, which lies nine kilometres above Tbilisi.
The landslide careered down the hill and blocked Vere River, before the river burst and tonnes of water and debris surged towards Tbilisi.
Exactly two months have passed since Georgia’s capital Tbilisi was hit by a deadly flash flood, which turned out to be the city’s worst human and infrastructural disaster in years.
It's been one month since Georgia’s capital Tbilisi was hit by a deadly flash flood which turned out to be the city’s worst human and infrastructural disaster in years.
A department within Georgia's Ministry of Justice is utilising a small plane to take aerial photographs of the Vere River basin to better analyse the scale of the damage caused in the June 13 flood.
A landslide struck just outside Georgia’s capital Tbilisi this morning in an area deemed extremely unsafe following the June 13 landslide and subsequent flash flood.
The Tskneti-Betania road is currently the most dangerous place in Georgia’s capital city. World-leading specialist in environmental hazards and risk management, Italian geologist Claudio Margottini said the situation was "rather difficult” and future landslides could be repeated if heavy rainfall began again.
Georgia’s Ministry of Environment Protection created a video which reconstructs the events of the terrible disaster of Saturday night.
Rescuers are urging people in Tbilisi to refrain from driving in the capital city today as it hampered recovery works and road cleaning efforts.
Today Georgia’s Minister of Infrastructure and Regional Development Nodar Javakhishvili said constructions were not planned in Vere ravine and a recreational zone would be established instead.
Tbilisi City Hall will finance one year of tertiary study for 30 students whose families were affected by the deadly flood that struck Georgia’s capital Tbilisi on June 13.
All of the roads that were extensively damaged in the deadly flood that hit Tbilisi on the night of June 13 have been fully restored and reopened.
Yesterday the Ministry of Regional Development and Infrastructure of Georgia opened the 19 kilometre section of the Ruisi-Agara Highway in east Georgia.
People whose cars were damaged or fully destroyed in the June 13 flood will be offered compensation, announced Tbilisi Mayor’s Office today.