Over 90 Units Of Heavy Equipment Involved In Search, Rescue Works In Landslide-Hit Racha Region
(MENAFN- AzerNews) More than 90 units of heavy equipment are involved in search and
rescue works in nine locations of the western Georgian region of
Racha following the landslide that killed 21 in the Shovi resort
last week, the Infrastructure Ministry said on Wednesday, Azernews
reports, citing Agenda.
The Ministry said construction and installation of a new
temporary bridge had started on kilometre 136 section of the
Kutaisi-Alpana-Mamisoni Pass highway, to replace a temporary
crossing destroyed by the landslide that hit the Shovi resort.
Earlier today, Minister Irakli Karseladze visited the field
headquarters set up in the disaster zone to receive updates about
the ongoing efforts.
The latest casualty of the disaster was discovered earlier on
Wednesday.
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