Georgia improves ways to tackle natural disasters
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Georgia will develop new mechanisms to quickly respond and tackle the effects of natural disasters.
The country’s Minister of Regional Development and Infrastructure David Shavliashvili agreed new measures would be put in place at yesterday’s meeting with regional Governors.
The Minister and the regional heads also discussed Georgia’s situation in regards to household solid waste management. Particular interest was also paid to renewing the auto park needed for cleaning the Black Sea coast and other tourist zones.
The Governors said this year the number of visitors to Georgian resorts had increased by 200 percent which resulted in more waste. This caused a full mobilisation of machinery and personnel to manage municipal solid wastes, they said.
"Taking this experience into account, the Ministry will soon begin working to assure regions are more prepared for the 2015 tourist season,” the Ministry said.
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.
One major road through the Caucasus connecting Georgia to Russia blocked by this week’s landslide should be reopened in two weeks, says a Georgian official.
Heavy rain was believed to be the cause of the landslide, which struck yesterday in Devdoraki Gorge, near Kazbegi and the Russian border.
The body of a man missing since the landslide in Devdoraki Gorge, near Kazbegi and the Russian border, has been found today.
Early this morning a section of mountainside collapsed and caused a landslide near Gveleti village, in the Kazbegi region.
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.
Rescue workers are continuing to search for survivors and victims of a devastating landslide in Dariali valley. Sixteen foreign drivers have been moved to the Vladikavkaz border. However one of two foreign citizens, who were transferred to a Tbilisi hospital with various fractures, died this morning.
The Prime Minister and President of Georgia are on their way to Dariali Gorge to offer their support following a landslide this morning near Gveleti village, in northern Georgia near the Russian border.
