Landslide damages 100 meter section of road in Tavush province

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15.04.2010, 01:34

Armenian transport and communications minister Manuk Vardanian traveled today to northeastern province of Tavush where a 100 meter section of a road leading to Georgia was damaged by a massive landslide, a spokeswoman for the minister, Susana Tonoyan, tol

YEREVAN, April 14, /ARKA/. Armenian transport and communications minister Manuk Vardanian traveled today to northeastern province of Tavush where a 100 meter section of a road leading to Georgia was damaged by a massive landslide, a spokeswoman for the minister, Susana Tonoyan, told ARKA.

She said the section is near the village Hovk in Ijevan region of the province. She said this section had been damaged partially by smaller scale landslides in January and February.

A rescue team of the provincial department of the ministry found that the landslide was caused by torrential rains, generating clefts on the road. Road police officers were deployed to the section to warn motorists of the danger. On the early hours of Wednesday police in Ijevan received information that a car fell into the ravine. The driver and two passengers managed to get out of it as the car was moved away by the river. Armenian emergencies minister Armen Yeritsian also traveled to the area. -0-

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