Villages cut off following flooding in Lentekhi, western Georgia
Nobody has been injured so far, noted the Mayor of Lentekhi Badri Liparteliani. Photo: Lentekhi municipality.
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The villages of Choluris Temi and Lashkhetis Temi in Lentekhi municipality have been cut off following flooding western Georgian region of Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti as a result of heavy rains early this morning.
The Laskadura overflowed, taking with it automobiles and pedestrian roads. Three bridges were also damaged in the event.
Nobody has been injured so far, noted the Mayor of Lentekhi Badri Liparteliani.
The government of Georgia will allocate around 45 million GEL (about $14.59 mln/€12.33 mln) to deal with the aftermath of flooding in the region of Racha where 12 local villages experienced significant damage after heavy rains last month.
Traffic, power supply and communications have almost been restored in the Georgian region of Racha about 10 days after the flood which damaged 12 local villages, announces Georgian Infrastructure Minister Maia Tskitishvili.
Access to seven villages affected by heavy rain and flooding in western Georgia's Racha province has been restored, with the five other villages still without road connection to the rest of the country.
Four disaster-affected villages in the Racha region (Ghebi, Little Ghebi, Shovi, Glola) will be cut off from the rest of the country for about a month as heavy rain damaged the central highway in the region and washed away ten bridges on July 28.
More than 20 villages have been cut off from the outside world in western Georgian’s Lentekhi municipality due to heavy rainfall. As a result of the continuous rain, the Tskhenistskali river overflowed, which swept away substations and left four villages without electricity. Mayor of Lentekhi municipality Badri Liparteliani told on.ge that traffic on the connecting central section of Kutaisi-Tskaltubo-Lentekhi-Lasdili is paralysed.