"Infrastructure destroyed and up to 20 cars are buried in the mudflows," - the statement was made about the disaster in Mestia.
Svaneti and Chalaadi gorges are still in the zone of natural disaster. Protest rallies were conducted intensively last year against the construction of the HPP. Locals say that construction of such a power plant is inadmissible, which is confirmed by the number of experts. Locals also say that in Svaneti it is possible to build only the European type, Green Heights structure plant, but the government and the organization did not consider it at all.
According to locals, government is responsible for the incident, because authorities did not listen to the population and confirmed the implementation of the project.
"The HPP may be the cause of flood in the villages and may destroy the families and entire Mestia" - said locals. They criticize the representatives of the Ministry of Economy and say that authorities have not listened to the population.
"Today I want to look at the local authorities, the company"s representatives, the representatives of the Ministry of Economy, they were saying that it is necessary, that we are opponents of economic development that we do not love the country," - said one of the local.
Svaneti and Chalaadi gorges are still in the zone of natural disaster. Nearly 70 million dollars were lost. The village of Mestia is still in the ruins and the population is still in danger, they ask for help.