City Hall & KazTransGas Tbilisi: 82 Dead, 350 Intoxicated by CO in 3 Years

Tbilisi City Hall and gas supplier company KazTransGas Tbilisi stated that during the last three years, 82 people died and 243 were intoxicated by the Carbon Monoxide in Tbilisi.

Deputy Mayor of Tbilisi, Irakli Bendeliani, and representatives of KazTransGas Tbilisi, announced that they have launched a joint social campaign in the capital, ‘For More Safety’.

Bendeliani underlined that the vast majority of fatal incidents was observed in the winter period.

He explained that in order to eliminate intoxication cases, the representatives of KazTransGas plan to visit every family in the capital and check the installed gas devices.

“The employees of KazTransGas will also give recommendations to our population, in order to avoid fatal consequences in the future,” the Deputy Mayor stated.

Chief Engineer of KazTransGas Tbilisi, Giorgi Lepsveridze, talked about the social campaign and asked citizens to take into account the recommendations given by gas experts.

He noted that only last year, 29 died and 125 was intoxicated by CO in Tbilisi.

“Unfortunately, 40% of customers do not listen to our employees' instructions and continue to use improperly installed gas devices,” he noted, calling on Tbilisi residents to be more careful, while Lepsveridze urged citizens to call the company's hot line (2 40 40 04), or call service number 114, when they purchase or re-install gas devices.

He highlighted that the gas company employees work 24/7 and can, on request, check any device anywhere in the capital.

“Unfortunately, the majority of fatal incidents occur in rented flats. We call on the population to call us and have their devices inspected as soon as they rent or buy a flat,” the engineer stated.

Thea Morrison