TBILISI, DFWatch–Construction work on Georgia’s first wind farm has been completed near Gori, the Energy Development Fund of Georgia announced.
The facility consists of six turbines, each with a power output of 3.45MW.
Environment
Strong rain and flooding in Batumi
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian Black Sea coast was hit by strong rain on Friday, flooding the streets and inundating ground floors and basements in Batumi, a city of 150,000 people.
Emergency workers were still pumping out the flood water
from houses
Green activists keep up pressure on City Hall for tree-cutting scandal
TBILISI, DFWatch–The eco-activists of Guerilla Gardening rallied in front of Tbilisi City Hall again on Friday, demanding the dismissal of the two bureaucrats in charge of tree cutting in the capital.
They demand the dismissal of the head and the deputy of City Hall’s
Tbilisi mayor’s speech interrupted by protesters against tree-felling
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Tbilisi mayor defended his conduct in the tree-felling scandal at an extraordinary City Council meeting Friday but had to halt his speech because of interruption by protesters.
Environmentalists claim Mayor Davit Narmania
Anti-tree felling protester in Tbilisi hospitalized after hunger strike
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Guerilla Gardening group is continuing their protest outside City Hall against the recent tree-cutting in the capital.
One of the group’s leaders was hospitalized on Wednesday after being on hunger strike for seven days, but she was replaced by another activist.
Borjomi park partly destroyed by flooding after strong rainfall
TBILISI, DFWatch–A historical park in the southern Georgian resort town Borjomi was partly destroyed by flooding Thursday evening.
Strong rain flooded houses and streets and trees more than a hundred years old were torn down. Infrastructure was damaged.
Two drown in western Georgia as rain continues 'almost non-stop'
TBILISI, DFWatch–A 17-year-old boy has drowned in the river Abashistskali in Martvili, western Georgia. The boy’s body was pulled out of the river Friday morning.
Elguja Jamrishvili, head of the Underwater Federation of Georgia, who was searching
Road connecting Georgia and Russia still closed due to risk of landslide
TBILISI, DFWatch–The road through Dariali Valley is still closed because of further landslides after the June 23 incident.
According to the Ministry of Regional Development and Infrastructure, traffic will be restricted until July 7, as it can not be ruled out
Protests resume against the Nenskra hydro power plant in Svaneti
Early evacuation averted tragedy as new landslide hit Georgia-Russia border
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia airlifted 60 people to the border crossing at Larsi on Sunday. The travellers had been stuck in Kazbegi since Thursday night, when a mudslide cut off a section of road in Dariali Valley.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) said around 60 people