TBILISI, November 26 – Georgia’s government says crews have finished digging a new 4.5 kilometer tunnel on the steep and avalanche-prone road between Stepantsminda and Gveleti, a part of a strategically important north–south corridor. The announcement came Thursday, one day after senior officials from Georgia and Armenia inspected the site. According to the Infrastructure Ministry, … Read more
TBILISI, September 30 – Two villages in western Georgia’s Kharagauli municipality have been abandoned after a massive landslide worsened, swallowing farmland and edging toward rivers and roads. Residents of Khvemaghali and Ghverki have already left their homes as cracks widened across hillsides in recent weeks. Locals say the disaster struck quickly. Some point to tectonic … Read more
TBILISI, September 15 – Whole communities in central Georgia’s Kharagauli municipality have been thrown into chaos after huge cracks ripped through the villages of Khemaghali and Ghverki, leaving homes empty, roads torn apart, and families scattered. The damage, which residents say began with small fissures in late May, has now expanded into a sprawling three-kilometer … Read more
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian PM Giorgi Kvirikashvili on Tuesday promised to build a new highway that will improve the road connection between Tbilisi and the Russian border.
“Within the next four years, we plan to build a highway from Mtskheta to Vladikavkaz,”
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
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
TBILISI, DFWatch–One man died in a landslide in southwestern Georgia on Sunday.
The victim, 58 year old Otar Davitadze, was on night watch supervising machinery in an open pit mine when a landslide hit in the village Akhalsheni, Khelvachauri.
TBILISI, DFWatch–There was a small landslide this morning in a village near Tbilisi, the same place where a landslide caused a catastrophic flood wave in a river valley June 13.
Thursday’s landslide damaged a road and utility pipe which supplies households
TBILISI, DFWatch–After ten days of search, rescue workers discovered the body of a shepherd who was taken by a landslide on June 2 along with hundreds of sheep and cows.
Giorgi Shetikauri, 52, was discovered in the morning on June 12 under the ruins of hut in Shatili.
