Nenskra Hydro Distributes Food to Families in Nenskra, Nakra Valleys due to Pandemic in Mestia Municipality

Due to the severe pandemic situation in Mestia Municipality, JSC "Nenskra Hydro", in the frame of its corporate social responsibility strategy, helped the population of the Nenskra and Nakra valleys with principal food products- 330 families in Chuberi and 120 families in Nakra. The distribution process of the products started on August 17 and lasted for two days.

Teimuraz Kopadze, Chief Operating Officer at Nenskra Hydro, links the need for an ongoing social responsibility project to the closure of Mestia Municipality due to a pandemic situation.

‘The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in the closure of the Mestia Municipality, leaving residents with limited access to various district centers and unable to afford food or other basic necessities. Accordingly, the company believes it important to provide assistance to the population, and in accordance with the further development of events and the change of quarantine conditions, the company is considering various opportunities to provide assistance to the local population," says Kopadze.

There is a stable epidemic situation in Chuberi after the spread of coronavirus in Mestia Municipality. Several hundred tests have been conducted and none of the locals, at this stage, has had coronavirus detected. Nevertheless, in the process of distributing the product, the representatives of the company follow all the recommendations issued by the infectious disease specialists as far as possible.

"Our employees, representatives of the company, who are involved in this activity and distribute the products, are equipped with appropriate face masks and various disinfectants. So, we follow the recommendations of epidemiologists as much as possible, " said the Chief Operating Officer of Nenskra Hydro.

JSC Nenskra Hydro is a project-based company established in 2015 as a result of cooperation between a state-owned Korea Water Resources Corporation (K-water) and JSC Partnership Fund. The company is developing the Nenskra Hydropower Plant Project in the Nenskra and Nakra river Valleys in Mestia Municipality of Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti region. The 280 MW Nenskra Hydropower Plant will generate approximately 1’219.00 GWh of electricity annually, which will be fully consumed by the Georgian market.