Landslide: Repairs begin on damaged Russia-Armenia gas pipeline
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The gas supply to Armenia will resume in the next two days after this week’s landslide in northern Georgia damaged a major pipeline that supplies gas from Russia to Armenia, via Georgia, an official says.
A Turkish citizen employed at the Dariali Hydro Power Plant (HPP) died in the disaster, which struck Dariali Groge near Kazbegi and Georgia-Russian border.
Heavy equipment of Ministry of Energy and Road Department has been taken to the site and staff have already begun repair works.
Secretary of the State’s Security and Crisis Management Council Mindia Janelidze believed the gas supply to Armenia would be stopped for at least two days while repair work was completed on the damaged pipeline.
The same pipeline was damaged in the May 17 which struck at nearly the same place. In this occasion the pipeline was restored in less than a week.
"In the next two days the Ministry of Energy will resume the provision of gas supply by the use of a temporary pipeline. At least two weeks is needed for the affected pipeline to be fixed fully,” Janelidze said at a special press briefing today.
Yesterday the Armenian Government offered some kind of assistance to Georgia to help it recoup the losses caused by the landslide during Georgia’s Prime Minister’s official visit to Armenia.
Meanwhile, one major road through the Caucasus connecting Georgia to Russia was also blocked by Wednesday night’s landslide. It should be reopened in two weeks.
Fresh mudslides through Dariali Gorge also blocked the main road leading to the Kazbegi-Larsi Custom Service point with Russia.
The disaster claimed the life of one man and one more is missing.
Heavy rain was believed to be the cause of the landslide.
One person has died and another is missing following this week’s landslide in Devdoraki Gorge, near Kazbegi and the Russian border.
Georgia’s President is in Dariali Gorge to offer his support following a landslide late last night in Devdoraki Gorge, near Kazbegi and the Russian border.
Heavy rain was believed to be the cause of the landslide, which struck yesterday in Devdoraki Gorge, near Kazbegi and the Russian border.
Early this morning a section of mountainside collapsed and caused a landslide near Gveleti village, in the Kazbegi region.
International experts tasked with investigating the landslide in Dariali Gorge have presented their initial findings, which includes installing an automatic early warning system to alert locals of a possible disaster.
Earthquake experts are monitoring seismic activity on Mount Kazbek following the devastating landslide in Dariali Gorge, northern Georgia, on May 17.
The landslide disaster in Dariali Gorge was caused by extreme movements of an icy glacier located high on a mountain peak, experts say.
The body of a man missing since the landslide in Devdoraki Gorge, near Kazbegi and the Russian border, has been found today.
The major road through the Caucasus connecting Georgia to Russia has reopened after being blocked by a landslide for about 10 days.
Georgia will develop new mechanisms to quickly respond and tackle the effects of natural disasters.
120 rescuers are trying to find at least five individuals who went missing yesterday in the village of Jocho, Khelvachauri municipality of western Adjara region, after heavy rain and a landslide hit the area. One house and a car have been swept away, reportedly with five individuals in it.50 more rescuers are joining the operations soon, the Georgian Emergency Management Service has reported.