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Landslides increased in Azerbaijan by four times.
13:40 / 05.05.2010 71 landslides occurred in Azerbaijan last year. 29 landslides were recorded within the first four months of last year. 110 landslides were recorded in Azerbaijan within the four months of this year (3.8 more compared with last year). These landslides occurred as a result of the activation of the current landslide areas, chief of Ecology and Natural Resources Ministry’s party studying hydrogeological, engineering geological and hydrogen geological processes, candidate of geological-mineralogical sciences Shaig Niftiyev told APA.
According to Niftiyev, the hotline received information about 11 landslides in the country yesterday and today.
“Activeness is observed in the landslides in the mountainous areas and foothills. The recent observations revealed 178 zones of landslide in the country. Monitoring and geological work was done once in these areas. The majority of them are stabilized areas. But this stabilization does not mean that there will not be landslide in this area. There is periodical activation in the landslide processes,” he said.
Shaig Niftiyev said Ecology and Natural Resources Ministry conducts monitoring in the landslide areas four times a month, monthly bulletins are made and these bulletins are sent to the related bodies on the last day of every month.
“The great majority of the landslides occur along the foot of the Great Caucasus and Mountainous Talish. A landslide occurred on the 32km of Goranboy-Agjakend highway in Ashagi Agjakend village. Though it was a local area, the landslide caused serious damage. A local landslide in Gariblar village of Tovuz region killed one. The landslide occurred in alunite production field in Dashkesan last February. When we visited the site we made prognosis that the landslide would continue in Altundagh settlement too. Mollahasanli village of Dashkesan also suffered from the disaster. It has been a landslide area since 1990s. The landslide intensified there last year and caused serious damages this year too. Yesterday we were informed that the landslide area intensified again”.Bu yazı ( 330 ) - dəfə oxunmuşdur
