10 days have passed since the landslide in the Darial Gorge. All this time, the Caucasus had to live without the Georgian Military Road.
However, over the past few days, thanks to the efforts taken by the emergency services, the consequences of the disaster have slowly been eliminated. The movement of vehicles through the Georgian customs checkpoint Darialy has gradually resumed.
Starting from 12:00 o'clock today the checkpoint is working as usual and cars are able to freely cross the Georgian-Russian state border. This checkpoint will work 24 hours per day, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia reported today.
Traffic on the Georgian Military Road was interrupted on August 20 by a massive mudslide in the Darial Gorge caused by the Devdoraksky glacier's activity.
As Georgian President George Margvelashvili, who visited the disaster area, stated the next day after the natural disaster, the restoration of the road will take about two weeks. "The pipeline that supplies Armenia will soon be restored ... Our Armenian colleagues know exactly what a priority for us the rehabilitation of the infrastructure is. Last time we restored this very effective communication with Armenia," the head of state said.
