Only 10% of area hit by Shovi landslide remains to be inspected - Interior Ministry
Rescuers in the disaster zone following the August 3 deadly landslide in Shovi. Photo: Interior Ministry press office
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The Georgian Interior Ministry on Tuesday said rescuers had combed through 90 percent of the area hit by the landslide in the Shovi resort in the country’s west on August 3, with 26 bodies recovered and seven people still missing.
The search and rescue efforts have been “actively conducted” over the past 12 days both in the epicentre of the disaster and in the currents of Rioni and Chanchakhi rivers, the body added.
Search operations are actively progressing for the thirteenth day in the disaster zone. So far, 25 bodies have been found within the scope of the rescue works, and the search for 8 people continues.https://t.co/cqgZrYLKyW pic.twitter.com/5MxAaua91Z
— MIA of Georgia (@MIAofGeorgia) August 15, 2023
Teimuraz Mgebrishvili, the head of the Emergency Management Service of Georgia, reiterated on Tuesday about 800 individuals from his body and the country’s Defence Forces had been engaged in search efforts, along with special hardware and necessary transport, including boats.
He also stressed Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and the country’s Interior Ministry had decided to continue the search efforts for the missing individuals “as long as there is even the slightest chance” to find their bodies.
Georgian Interior Minister Vakhtang Gomelauri on Monday rejected claims by the domestic opposition on “delayed and ineffective” response to the landslide that killed 24 in the western resort location of Shovi on August 3 and said “all survivors” had received necessary help in the aftermath of the disaster.
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.
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”.
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.
Temur Mgebrishvili, the Head of the Emergency Management Service on Thursday said the rescuers, working in the area of the western Georgian resort of Shovi following a fatal landslide in the location, had recovered the body of the 27th victim of the disaster and noted search operations were “actively underway”.
Rescuers have recovered the body of the 28th victim of the Shovi resort fatal landslide in Georgia’s west, with five people still missing, the Interior Ministry said on Sunday.
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.
Those affected by the landslide that hit the western Georgian resort of Shovi earlier this month, and family members of those who died or disappeared during the tragedy, will receive psychological assistance free of charge, the Government Administration said on Wednesday.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Friday unveiled a financial support package for families of victims of the landslide in the Shovi resort in August and announced support for those displaced by floods and landslides in the Guria region earlier this month.