June 13 flood: New recreation zones built at affected areas
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Tbilisi is continuing to recover from June 13 deadly flash flood.
New recreation zones and resting areas will soon be built in the streets which suffered the most damage in the June 13 flood, official said.
New public areas on Chikovani and Kostava streets in the Saburtalo district of central Tbilisi are already under construction.
Local officials said the parks would have modern facilities made of environmentally friendly materials.
Saburtalo gamgebeli (local Governor) Beka Mikautadze said the flood destroyed the sport arena on Chikovani St and this would be restored in 2016. He added a retaining wall would first need to be built to support the rest of the construction.
The June 13 flood was Tbilisi’s worst human and infrastructural disaster in years, which claimed the lives of 20 people. Two others are still missing.
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.
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.
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.
A body found in Tbilisi last month has been identified as one of the three missing victims of June 13 Tbilisi flash flood.
A Memorandum of Understanding signed today between Georgia’s National Environment Agency and Poland’s Embassy to Georgia envisaged allocating €30,000 (80, 242 GEL) to Georgia to purchase the modern equipment.
Mziuri Park in central Tbilisi that suffered severe damage in the June 13 disastrous flood is being brought back to life for public use, particularly benefiting people with disabilities.
A disaster is unfolding in Georgia's capital Tbilisi. Heavy rain is causing major damage in Tbilisi's Vake-Saburtalo district. Roads have been swamped, cars have been washed away and houses have been severely flooded. Several animals have also escaped from Tbilisi Zoo.
The Municipal Development Fund of Georgia is renovating Mizuri Park in Tbilisi, which was damaged during the June 13, 2015 flood.