President of Georgia is still in Kakheti. Since the morning, Mikheil Saakashvili has been visiting villages of Shashiani, Kalaubani, Kalauri and Vachnadziani, where he met with locals and introduced the projects, which the government has planned for assisting the disaster affected regions.
An accident has occurred in Tbilisi today - a middle-aged man jumped in the river Mtkvari and drowned. A construction worker saw him first and tried to help him, but the flow of water took the man away and the worker could not save him...
Participants of the students` summer employment program Summer Job have joined the rehabilitation works in the disaster affected Region of Kakheti. Over 800 students, who were registered on various positions within the governmental program for one month...
Minister of Health and Social Care of Georgia arrived in Kakheti Region to observe the rehabilitation works after the disaster, that affected this region of Georgia most of all. Zurab Chiaberashvili visited one of the families, whose house has been seriously damaged and the harvest completely destroyed.
Leader of the Georgian Dream coalition, Bidzina Ivanishvili will transfer ten million GEL aimed for assisting the disaster regions to the account of the state budget, which was earlier indicated by the court for transferring the fines. Press speaker of the leader, Maia Panjikidze introduced the statement of Ivanishvili to media at the briefing today.
Field hospital has been opened in Telavi to provide necessary medical treatment to locals, who were affected by the disaster a few days ago. The work of the field hospital is supervised by the Ministry of Defense of Georgia. The locals will be provided medical service for free.
Groups of volunteers have begun to arrive in Kakheti Region, to assist local population after the devastating disaster, which left most of farmers without harvest. The windstorm and hail has damaged and collapsed many houses...
Under the order of the president, Georgian government prepared a special plan for assisting the population, who were affected by the disaster in several regions of Georgia. Kakheti Region was affected by the hail and windstorm most of all.
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