Transportation to eight villages in the Charodinsky District was interrupted after river water washed away the approach to a temporary bridge, Caucasian Knot reports.
Dozens of road sections in Dagestan were closed after floods, landslides, and, in mountainous areas, after avalanches and snowstorms. By May 4, only the village of Zhazhada in the Tlyaratinsky District remained without transport. The road to this village, which has a population of 294, was blocked after a rockfall. It was cleared by the evening of May 4.
As of 10:00 Moscow time on May 12, one section of the highway in Dagestan was closed, the Dagestanavtodor Telegram channel reported.
"Eight settlements in the Charodinsky district remain without transport links. 15 sections are closed with detours provided. Emergency repair work is underway in all directions," the publication states.
The names of the blocked settlements are not given in the publication, but are listed in a message on the department's website.
According to this message, access to the villages of Shalib, Alchunib, Archib, Keseriba, Khilih, Khitab, Kalib, and Kubatl has been blocked since the evening of May 11 after a section of the highway "The Tsurib-Archib section of the road has undergone a change in the course of the Risor River and the approach to the temporary bridge has been washed away."
"One piece of equipment, an excavator, is being deployed to restore the approach," the department reported today.
On April 26, traffic on the Tsurib-Archib section of the road was also closed following a rockfall. Access to 16 villages in the Charodinsky District was blocked, and road clearing was complicated by repeated landslides. Later, traffic on the Tsurib-Archib section of the road was reopened using a temporary route.
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