January 23, 2006 - 18:17 AMT
Works for Restoration of Blasted Gas Pipeline Held
The gas supply to Armenia and Georgia can be restored in 24 hours, head of the restoration works at Mozdok-Tbilisi gas pipeline Victor Kraynov informed. "The equipment has been already prepared and the works are being coordinated. Is everything proceeds well tomorrow gas will be delivered again," he said. The Georgian Military Road is full with vehicles sent by Gazprom. 79 workers are engaged in the restoration works. 60 people work in three shifts.
Head of the North Ossetian government Alexander Merkulov has already visited the site. "We were instructed to completely restore the pipeline till January 27. So I wanted to make sure that the workers are provided with everything essential," he said, IA Regnum reported.