Damaged infrastructure and streets due to heavy rainfall on August 14 in the capital city are being intensively repaired. In the process, employees of all relevant services of Tbilisi City Hall, departments, and the emergency management service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs are involved.
In order to quickly eliminate the problems, the drainage and drainage network service of “Warm Service Group” Ltd. continues to work in an emergency mode. Cleaning and pumping works are underway throughout the city.
“Warm Service Group” mobile groups are locally distributed to problem points where heavy rainfall has delayed travel or created danger.
The liquidation process includes both special heavy equipment and the live power of the “warm service group”. At the same time, the drainage networks, which have been filled with various types of waste due to heavy rainfall, are also cleaned out the drainage wells are also cleaned. Throughout the night, the clearing of the passage was carried out continuously from the soil brought by the landslide.
“Heavy rainfall in the capital created problems in all ten districts. Stone-gravel has been brought to the sidewalks. Our employees carry out 24-hour cleaning work. Particularly intense rainfall came in Vaki, Mtatsminda and Krtsanisi districts. More than 500 law enforcement officers and 30 employees are mobilized on all perimeters and engaged in the liquidation work. “The process will continue until the problems are eliminated,” said Giorgi Papava, the head of the “warm service group”.
Rainfall especially affected the population of Chughureti, Vaki, Krtsanisi and Mtatsminda districts. Private houses and basements were flooded; in Okrokana, on the N21 of Zurikhi Street, the wall holding the ground collapsed. Also, throughout the city, the streets and areas near several subway stations were flooded.
As a result of heavy rain in Nadzaladevi district, a mass of land collapsed on Sanerge Street, damaging one of the walls of the residential houses. No one was hurt in the incident. The Department of Nadzaladevi offered to move the Samsulia family to an alternative area temporarily.
In addition, the facades of several buildings in different districts have been demolished in Batka. On Bakhtrioni Street, cars were reported to have collapsed in the landslide from the ferry. Regarding Leghtakhev, the praised river has already returned to its former point, and the area will be cleaned in the coming days.
Representatives of Tbilisi City Hall are continuously monitoring and staying in place until the problem is completely resolved. Instant response to calls received on the hotline. In case of need, citizens can use the Tbilisi City Hall hotline – 0322722222.
