Renovation of Mziuri Park in Tbilisi underway

Okatse Canyon, located in the Khoni Municipality of the Imereti region, is now open for visitors after it underwent renovation work. 

Today marks three years since the Georgian capital of Tbilisi was hit by a deadly flash flood, which turned out to be the city’s worst human and infrastructural disaster in decades.

Today marks exactly one year 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. Twenty-one people lost their lives in the flood on the evening of June 13, 2015. The bodies of two of these victims have still not been found.

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.

Metal pedestrian bridges will be demolished in Georgia’s capital city of Tbilisi and zebra crossings will be arranged instead, announces Tbilisi City Hall.

Three new aerial tramways will be built in Georgia’s capital city of Tbilisi. Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze announced the three locations at today’s government meeting. 

The Batumi boulevard administration plans to purchase floating beach wheelchairs for those with disabilities.

The historic part of Georgian Kutaisi city and 41 houses along Rioni River will be renovated according to the project which is to be launched in 2020.

Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency will install six elevators for people with disabilities in underpasses in Tbilisi in partnership with City Hall.

Renovation work on the boulevard and central streets of the Ureki sea resort, in the Guria region of Georgia, has begun. The project is financed by the government of Georgia.

The renovation of Tbilisi’s Mziuri Park, which was damaged during the June 13, 2015 flood, is currently ongoing and will be fully completed by spring 2020, Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze announced today.

The reconstruction of Tbilisi’s Mziuri Park is at the last stage, says the Ministry of Infrastructure. Bicycle roads, benches, bins, drinking water fountains, and recreation areas were set up in the park area. Also, an artificial lake, skateboard and children's playgrounds were built on the territory of the Mziuri Park.

The Tbilisi City Hall will not allow recreational spaces and sports fields to be sacrificed for the construction of buildings or offices, says Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze, noting that there is enough space in the city for developers to carry out projects they have planned.

Central streets and yards have been flooded in Georgia’s western, coastal city of Poti earlier today. Locals have posted photos on social media saying ‘Poti looks like Venice’ now. 

A long-defunct cableway stop in downtown Tbilisi's Mziuri Park is being repurposed as a contemporary art space, preserving the building for the recreational area and giving it additional functions as part of the park's revitalisation.

Tbilisi City Hall has presented sketches earlier today in Mziuri Park for a sculpture of the hippopotamus Begi, who escaped the zoo during the June 13 deadly flood in Tbilisi in 2015.

Four years have passed since the Georgian capital of Tbilisi was hit by a deadly flash flood which turned out to be the city’s worst human and infrastructural disaster in decades, claiming 21 lives, with the remains of two still missing. More than 1,000 people from up to 200 families lost their homes or businesses in the natural disaster. 

Employees of the Emergency Management Service of the Georgian Interior Ministry on Tuesday paid tribute to the 21 victims of the deadly 2015 flood in Tbilisi, in an event marking eight years since the city’s worst human and infrastructure disaster in decades.