Landslide cuts off 80 families in mountainous Adjara

As a result of a landslide in the village of Oktomberi in the Keda region in mountainous Adjara, 80 families are isolated from the outside world,
the head of the local administration, Irakli Baramidze, told reporters on Saturday, Trend reports. According to him, a landslide occurred last night, destroying the house of local residents. Fortunately, its inhabitants left the house on time. The government promised them new homes.

Equipment has been mobilized for clearing the roads blocked by the landslide. Geologists who study landslide-prone areas have arrived in the region. They will carry out monitoring for two months.

Landslides have occurred in other places in the mountainous part of Adjara over the past three days, resulting in damage to highways, rural roads and houses.