Infrastructure Minister: 103 units of heavy equipment used in Shovi landslide rescue operations
Karseladze added equipment “most useful for the purpose” would be added to the ongoing works and pointed out “great efforts” performed by the rescuers, Defence Forces servicemembers and heavy equipment operators over the past days. Photo: Ministry of Regional Development and Infrastructure of Georgia
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Georgian Infrastructure Minister Irakli Karseladze on Friday said 103 units of heavy hardware were being used in 10 locations for the search and clearing operations in the disaster-affected zone in the western municipality of Oni, where a landslide killed at least 24 last week.
Karseladze said rescuers had managed to cross the river in the Shovi resort hit by the disaster and reach the opposing bank, and emphasised the importance of the road built for access to 20 vehicles stuck in the debris following the landslide that were removed over the past two days.
He also said “intensive works” were being carried out in the area and noted “all resources” had been used in the operations from the very beginning.
Karseladze added equipment “most useful for the purpose” would be added to the ongoing works and pointed out “great efforts” performed by the rescuers, Defence Forces servicemembers and heavy equipment operators over the past days.
Teimuraz Mgebrishvili, the head of the Emergency Management Service of Georgia, on Thursday said the Government had used “all resources available” and ensured “far more than reasonable effort” to respond to the landslide in the country’s western Shovi resort last week that killed 21 people.
Georgian Infrastructure Minister Irakli Karseladze on Monday said more than 100 pieces of special equipment, including 86 units of heavy hardware, was being mobilised in eight “priority areas” for the search and clearing operations in the disaster-affected zone in the western municipality of Oni, after a landslide killed at least 18 in the Shovi resort on Thursday.
The landslide in the western Georgian municipality of Oni that killed at least 18 people in the Shovi resort on August 3 was caused by intense melting of glaciers, collapse of rock formations in their headwaters, heavy rains, erosive processes and a glacier runoff, a preliminary report by the National Environmental Agency said on Monday.
Search and rescue works are continuing in the western Georgian municipality of Oni following the landslide killed at least 18 in the Shovi resort five days ago, with the latest casualty discovered on Sunday.
The National Environmental Agency of Georgia on Saturday said the expected, consequential processes were taking place in the country’s western Shovi resort, following the landslide that killed at least 24 people on August 3 and noted the mentioned processes were “not dangerous at this stage”.
Temur Mgebrishvili, the Head of the Emergency Management Service on Sunday said intensive works were actively proceeding in the disaster area in the country’s western Shovi resort, following the landslide that killed at least 24 people on August 3.
Georgian Interior Minister Vakhtang Gomelauri on Sunday arrived in the disaster-affected zone in the western municipality of Oni, where a landslide killed at least 24 on August 3 and expressed his “deepest sorrow” to the families of the deceased, noting relevant units “have done their best in the shortest possible time” in disaster relief efforts.
Rescuers have recovered the body of the 29th victim of the Shovi resort landslide in Georgia’s west, with four people still missing, the Ministry of Internal Affairs said on Tuesday.
Givi Mikanadze, an MP from the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Tuesday said conclusions made “remotely” by the opposition United National Movement party about the landslide that hit the Shovi resort in Georgia’s west and killed at least 29 people showed the party’s “real goals and intentions”.
Rescuers have recovered the body of the 32nd victim of the Shovi resort landslide in Georgia’s west, with one person still missing, the Ministry of Internal Affairs said on Sunday.
Georgian Interior Minister Vakhtang Gomelauri on Friday said claims by domestic opposition of delays in the rescue operation in the aftermath of the landslide in western Georgia’s Shovi resort that killed 32 people last month was a “wrong judgement and a lie”.