Gov’t to assist individuals affected by natural disaster in western Georgia
The official added municipalities were still assessing the damage as it was “impossible to reach all settlements and locations”, and noted the Government was “ready and mobilised” to assist locals affected by the natural disaster. Photo: City Hall of the Baghdati Municipality
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Officials in the western municipality of Baghdati in the Imereti region on Wednesday met locals and promised support following damage caused to the locality on Tuesday by strong winds, heavy rainfall and landslides.
Leri Barnabishvili, the Head of the Regional Liaison Department of the Government Administration, Zviad Shalamberidze, the State Representative in the Imereti region, and Kakha Enukidze, the Mayor of Baghdati municipality, visited the families affected by the natural disaster in one of the villages, the City Hall of the Baghdati Municipality said.
In his comments, Barnabishvili said “relevant agencies” were working in affected areas in emergency mode with the use of heavy equipment, rescuers, the Infrastructure Ministry and the Roads Department.
He sent his condolences after two people died in the western Adjara region after a landslide and an avalanche hit the locality, and noted several villages in mountainous parts of the region, and in the region of Racha, were isolated following the natural events, with works ongoing to clear roads and restore power.
He said more than 600 houses, schools and kindergartens had been damaged in the Imereti region, with further damage in Samegrelo, Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti regions, the central-eastern regions of Shida Kartli and Mtskheta-Mtianeti.
The official added municipalities were still assessing the damage as it was “impossible to reach all settlements and locations”, and noted the Government was “ready and mobilised” to assist locals affected by the natural disaster.
Irakli Kobakhidze, the candidate for the position of the Prime Minister of Georgia, on Tuesday sent his condolences after two people died in the Black Sea region of Adjara after a landslide and an avalanche hit the western locality since Monday.
Strong winds and heavy rainfall affected municipalities in western Georgian regions between Monday and Tuesday, causing damage to buildings, and causing floods and landslides in some areas.
Heavy rainfall and strong winds affected municipalities in western Georgian regions between Monday and Tuesday, causing damage to buildings and floods in residential homes.
The Delegation of the European Union to Georgia on Wednesday sent its condolences after two people died in the western Adjara region and bodies of four individuals were recovered in the western municipality of Baghdati after a landslide and an avalanche hit the localities on Tuesday.
Irakli Garibashvili, the Chair of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Wednesday offered his condolences after two people died in the western Adjara region and bodies of five individuals were recovered in the western municipality of Baghdati after a landslide and an avalanche hit the localities on Tuesday.
The rescuers recovered the bodies of two more individuals in the western municipality of Baghdati in the Imereti region after a landslide that hit the village of Nergeeti on Tuesday, the Interior Ministry confirmed to the local media.
The City Hall for the city of Khashuri in the south-western Georgian municipality of the same name on Wednesday said about 10 individuals and 40 families had been evacuated from a landslide risk zone in the town of Surami.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia on Thursday said rescuers had recovered all bodies of victims in the western municipality of Baghdati in the Imereti region after a landslide that hit the village of Nergeeti on Tuesday.