Residents of Akhalsopeli village blame the government in negligence and talk about delay of the rescue operation..Three young men have been lost in the Lagodekhi mountains for more than a week. The young men who went hunting to the Caucasus have not contacted anyone after December 30. Relatives of missing people ask for activation of the rescue operation and have questions regarding the exclusion of helicopters from the opeartions .

Emergency Management Agency reported that a helicopter search operation is no longer planned, because the top of mountains has been already examned, while Kakheti Governor"s version is different. According to Irakli Shiolashvili, the helicopters are no longer used because of bad weather.