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A new road with no drainage leaves a southern Georgian village in fear of flooding
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A new road with no drainage leaves a southern Georgian village in fear of flooding

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A new road to Tskordza has left local residents far from happy. They worry that with no drainage system, the road will exacerbate flooding in the village. The local government, however, has dismissed their fears as groundless. Venera Sudadze’s house in Tskordza, in southwest Georgia’s Akhaltsikhe Municipality, is flooded every time there is heavy rain. Her house is close to the entrance to the village, at the bottom of the road. Water first floods her garden, and then the rooms in the house

Georgia’s deadly roads
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Georgia’s deadly roads

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 On 22 March, in Tbilisi, a mother and a daughter standing on the side of the road were hit by a car. The 11-year-old girl died on the spot, while her mother was taken to hospital in critical condition. The police have launched an investigation for ‘violation of the rules of traffic safety leading to loss of human life’, which is punishable by imprisonment of 4–7 years. According to witnesses, the mother and daughter were standing at a bus stop when the car swerved off the road, hitting f

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