TAVOUSH ROAD CLOSED DUE TO EXPANDING SINK-HOLE

2009/ 08/14 | 13:09

Society Marzes

Emergency services in Tavoush Marz reported yesterday that a sink-hole
measuring 9 meters wide, 30 meters in length and a depth of 50 meters
had taken shape along the Voskpat-Vaghanis stretch of road.

Chief engineer V. Mamyan from the "Noyemberyan Road Construction"
company and A. Sargsyan, who heads the Division of Transportation
at the Tavoush Regional Administration visited the site and later
reported that the sink-hole was still getting larger.

The specialist added that the Vaghanis River flows downstream from
the sink-hole and that the course of the water way could be blocked
if the sink hole reaches the river bed.

Residents in homes close to the site have been evacuated and the
affected stretch of road has been closed.