Chairman of the Georgian Dream party, Irakli Kobakhidze, called the story of David Jeladze, about how he was able to carry one of his nieces, 6-year-old Masho, from the flooded area to a relatively safe place, crawling and half-buried in mud, speculation.
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“There has been speculation, and disinformation about how one child fought against the flood for three hours, which is an egregious lie. It is simply impossible to have happened. The cataclysm was instant, and unfortunately,
Those who got caught in the torrent had no chance of survival. Talks that someone fought against the mudslide for three hours are a blatant lie.
Why was it necessary to move from one shore to the other, I don’t know, of course, it would have been safer to stay put, a lot of people stayed on that side and survived.
We were in that area the next day and crossing it seemed practically impossible. So, all this needs to be verified.
As for this photo, I can’t speak to that, the details need to be clarified, just why or how would you cross from one shore to the other, I don't know, let's clarify all that,” said Kobakhidze.
According to the chairman of the ruling party, those who were caught in the flood had no chance of survival.
“There’s a lot of speculation that more people could have been saved if more resources were applied. Everyone who has seen the disaster aftermath and has followed the events on-site will agree that no matter the resources and effort, it would have been impossible to save more people for one simple reason – the event was instant, and the mudflow descended with very high speed. As a result,
Those who were unfortunately caught in the food had no chance of survival.
How long can a person last buried under the mud… a matter of minutes, right?
All the survivors were identified before nightfall, and the sad reality is that it was essentially impossible to have saved anyone who got caught in the mudflow, and whoever was not in the direct path, escaped from that area.’’
Today, the Minister of Internal Affairs once again commented on the statements that had the helicopters not stopped working on the first night of the disaster, more people could have been saved.
“The entire area was inspected during daylight, there were no injured people that needed rescue, so we left. Even if the helicopter had not been able, the rescuers, thanks again to these boys, would have gone in and rescued anyone injured or stuck. If we had spotted anyone injured stuck in the middle, the pilots would have risked it, flown there, and attempted the rescue. But nobody was seen from above asking for help or anything, it was still daylight,” stated Gomelauri.
The Minister of Internal Affairs appeared in Racha 11 days after the natural disaster, in which the devastating landslide killed 24 people, and 9 are still missing. The Minister said he returned from Turkey yesterday, where his seriously ill father was taken for treatment. The rescue operation on August 3, when the mudslide from Buba Mountain almost completely destroyed Shovi resort and buried people alive, started three hours late.
