Tbilisi Flood: Mayor’s Office compensates owners of damaged, destroyed cars

People whose cars were damaged or fully destroyed in the June 13 flood will be offered compensation, announced Tbilisi Mayor’s Office today. 

The Property Management Agency under the Mayor’s Office has begun working on compensation packages for car owners whose vehicles were affected or completely destroyed in the June flash flood in capital Tbilisi. 

An agreement signed between Property Management Agency chairperson Karlo Laperadze with car owners today stated initially 27 victims will receive a share of financial aid worth $74,450 USD (185,368 GEL). 

In the end 100 individuals will be able to apply for partial or full compensation.

Laperadze explained the Agency provided finances for two categories of vehicles: 

• Vehicles that were completely damaged and cannot be repaired; and 
• Vehicles that can be fixed. 

If a car was written off and the value of the vehicle before the disaster was less than $5,000, the car owner will receive the full value of their vehicle. Or, if a vehicle was worth $5,000 or more, the owner will receive 70 percent compensation.

The Property Management Agency under the Mayor’s Office has begun working on compensation packages for car owners. Photo by the Tbilisi City Hall. 

In the second situation where cars can be fixed, drivers will be compensated 25 percent of what their vehicles were worth before the flood hit. 

People whose vehicles were insured or had already gained financial support from private or state institutions will not be eligible for compensation.

If there were other people whose cars had been damaged in the flood but were not registered by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, these people can appeal to the Agency and apply for compensation. 

Overnight on June 13 a deadly flood struck Tbilisi. It turned out to be the city’s worst human and infrastructural disaster in years. 

Nineteen people lost their lives in the disaster and several still remain missing.