Mountain Resettlement Not Going to Plan in Georgia
People moved out of landslide-prone areas often come back after taking dislike to new homes on offer.
11 Nov 11
People moved out of landslide-prone areas often come back after taking dislike to new homes on offer.
Government responds to campaign to save area of natural beauty.
Pollution and diversion of water resources blamed for driving farmers from their lands.
Opposition and green activists say main problem is organised illegal logging, not villagers cutting firewood.
Thousands of people have lost homes in landslides and floods but few have been resettled.
Suspicions that unscrupulous loggers are stripping away trees that make western Afghan city a greener and shadier place.
Officials and residents blame each other for overcrowded city’s waste problems.