105 families to be offered alternative accommodation after landslides in country’s west - PM
The PM said the Government would take “all actions” to ensure support for the families of the victims and those affected by the disaster. Photo: Government press office
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Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Monday said 105 families would be offered alternative accommodation after landslides and flood hit the Guria region in the country’s west last week, pledging “maximum” support for disaster-affected communities.
Speaking at the weekly Government meeting, the PM said geologists had inspected properties of 237 individuals in the affected area, in addition to 31 infrastructure facilities and nine landslide dams, and recommended authorities to offer accommodation to dozens of families displaced by the natural disaster in other locations.
He stressed employees of both central and local authorities, and about 200 rescuers, were engaged in the disaster relief work, and noted the landslides and floods had “severely damaged” infrastructure in the region, including 100 bridges.
The PM noted the disaster had hit 22 localities in Ozurgeti municipality and 15 municipal units in Lanchkhuti area of the region, leaving 3,627 consumers without gas and 15,000 without electricity in the worst-affected villages and settlements.
He said 791 consumers remained without gas provision and 250 without electricity, and noted electricity delivery would be restored to 200 of the 250 consumers by the end of the day.
He also highlighted roads had been “completely opened” to vehicle traffic and pedestrians in the region following “intensive clearing works” involving heavy hardware and relevant agencies, before expressing his “deep sorrow” over the death of three individuals, including two minors, in the landslides.
He claimed the Government would take “all actions” to ensure support for the families of the victims and those affected by the disaster, saying 110 citizens had been accommodated in hotels by local authorities and humanitarian goods collected by municipal Governments and the representatives of the ruling Georgian Dream party had been delivered to 235 families.
Local authorities said early on Monday 200 individuals had been evacuated from the disaster zone.
At least 200 individuals have been evacuated from landslide-hit areas of the Guria region in Georgia’s west following heavy rains, flood and landslides last week that killed three, local authorities said on Monday.
Rescuers of the Emergency Management Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs on Friday found the third body in the disaster zone in Georgia's western Guria region, which was hit by landslides and flood this week.
Two bodies have been recovered and about 50 individuals, including children, evacuated after landslides and flood hit the Guria and Adjara regions in Georgia's west on Thursday and early on Friday, the Georgian Interior Ministry confirmed on Friday.
Rescuers working in a landslide-hit area in Georgia’s west on Friday recovered a body of a minor in the village of Jumati of Ozurgeti municipality.
Giorgi Urushadze, the State Representative in Georgia's western Guria region, on Thursday said all internal footpath access roads were restored by professionals working in areas affected by landslides and floods last week.
Families affected by hail and strong winds in the eastern Georgian region of Kakheti on Sunday will receive compensation for the damage caused by the weather, the Government Administration said on Monday.
Avtandil Talakvadze, the Mayor of the Ozurgeti Municipality in Georgia's western Guria region, on Wednesday said 152 families had received compensation from the Government following the landslide and flood that hit the locality in September.