Friday, December 5, 2025

Gigantic hydro power dam given a green light in Georgia

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The Khudoni dam will lead to forced resettlement of 800 people and destruction to the environment and historic sites. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A public discussion on Thursday about the construction of a new hydro electric power station in Svaneti led to a physical scuffle between supporters and opponents.

The reason for disagreement was Khudoni power station, a mega project that was

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Landslides in Georgia's Guria region forced families to flee

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Landslides have been accelerated by the heavy rain, says Valerian Chitashvili, governor of Guria. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Several families have been forced from their homes in Ozurgeti, in Georgia’s western Guria region, due to a landslide.

Valerian Chitashvili, governor of Guria, told journalists that two days of heavy rains in the region accelerated the landslides

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22 families cut off by flooding in Georgia's Guria region

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The flood struck the village Ureki in the middle of the tourist season. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–22 families are cut off from the outside world due to flood in the village Chanchati, in Georgia’s western Guria region.

Gulnara Chichua, government trustee in the village, told journalists that the flood also has affected other villages in Guria,

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Georgian beach resort on the Black Sea hit by flood

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The flood water was one meter high and rising, locals said Sunday. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian Black Sea resort Ureki was flooded after heavy rain on Sunday. Part of the population is leaving the place and requesting help from the government.

Tens of houses were flooded, and a landslide has blocked the roads.

Kote Sharashenidze,

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Heavy rain floods 500 houses in Khoni

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People in Khoni were up since 4 am Friday removing water from their homes. (tv9.ge.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Rain water poured into the village Khoni in western Georgia Friday, flooding the basements and first floors of 500 houses and killing poultry.

Locals tell journalists they haven’t slept all night but have been out cleaning their houses and saving

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Limestone formation partly destroyed along Kazbegi road

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A construction company needed an access road and cut through the limestone. Environmentalists say it will take centuries for the rock to reform. (DFWatch.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A large part of a massive limestone formation in Georgia has been destroyed during repair work on a tunnel.

The rock formation is located at a section of road between Gudauri and Kobi, leading up into the Kazbegi mountains in the north of Georgia,

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