Rikoti Pass slope collapse caused by landslide - Roads Department

Responding to social media reports on the collapse on Monday, the body said the incident had occurred on the kilometre 10 section of the Ubisa-Shorapani road of the East-West Highway. Photo: My City Kills Facebook page

Agenda.ge, 14 Mar 2023 - 12:27, Tbilisi,Georgia

The Roads Department of Georgia on Tuesday said a slope of the Rikoti Pass dividing Georgia into its eastern and western parts had collapsed on Monday due to a landslide prior to reinforcement works planned on the section.

Responding to social media reports on the collapse on Monday, the body said the incident had occurred on the kilometre 10 section of the Ubisa-Shorapani road of the East-West Highway.

Photo: My City Kills Facebook page

Works at the location had envisaged a “complex strengthening of the slope”, however a “recent abundant rainfall” caused a landslide before the reinforcement works commenced, disintegrating a temporarily set up surface on the slope and damaging an outer concrete section, it added.

The Department said professionals of the contractor company were working to clear the slope before resuming works on the road section.