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Landslide damages 36 houses in Azerbaijanâ€™s Shamakhi region

22 March 2012 07:48 (UTC +04:00)

Local residents said there were nearly 50 dangerous structures in the village as a result of recent heavy snowfall.

Landslide activation has occurred in the past 3-4 days. The length of sliding area is 8-10 m in some places. 14 houses became completely useless.

The villager Firuding Safarov told APA that the landslide area is expanding day by day. â€œThe land slides almost 1-2 m every night. It keeps the villagers in awe. 14 houses were damaged last month and now the number of such dangerous structures reached 50â€.

His townsman Bayram Rasulov also informed about the regular landslides in the territory. â€œHeavy snowfall made the situation more dangerous this year, extending the landslide area and increasing size of fracturesâ€.

Representative of local authorities Aghamustafa Vahidov told APA that the most active landslide area is in Mughanli village now. â€œThe landslide seriously damaged the houses. The experts visited this village and inspected the damaged houses. The situation is under control and not so dangerous. We donâ€™t consider evacuation of the villagers, but the residents of the dangerous structures will settle in the new housesâ€.