Communication between villages in Dagestan has been restored after a mudslide.

Road workers have restored road service to villages in Dagestan's Charodinsky District after a landslide that cut off 19 settlements.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," on October 6, landslides from the upstream slope and the slope adjacent to the road in Dagestan's Charodinsky District blocked the highway at the eighth kilometer. The estimated landslide area was over 12,000 square meters. On October 7, transport links with populated areas were restored using a temporary route bypassing the landslide area.

"In the Charodinsky District, on the Tsurib-Archib highway, at km 8, where a landslide occurred on the upland slope and the slope adjacent to the road on October 6, work to clear the landslide and drain groundwater has been completed," Dagestanavtodor reported today on its Telegram channel.

"Traffic has been restored to normal for all types of vehicles. The condition of the landslide area is being continuously monitored," the agency clarified.

Earlier, the "Caucasian Knot" reported that at the end of September, 19 mountain villages in the Charodinsky District of Dagestan were... href="https://www.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/415806">cut off from transport due to a mudslide on the Tsurib-Archib road. There is no bypass road to these settlements; if necessary, access is possible on foot, as well as by motorcycle or horseback, an emergency services official reported at the time.