Tbilisi Deputy Mayor: The rehabilitation of Vake Park fountain was completed in August and since then the system was actively tested every day
According to Tbilisi Deputy Mayor Andria Basilaia, the rehabilitation process of the fountain located in Vake Park was completed in August, and since then the system has been actively tested.
According to him, the municipality always demands a high standard of safety during the implementation of any project.
"As you know, we have a lot of facilities in the city and we have had no safety problems anywhere. In this case, too, a specific mechanism was provided, which had to work during voltage fluctuations. It is now under investigation why this tool did not work. In addition, the rehabilitation of the fountain was actually completed at the end of August, after which the employees of both the municipality and the contractor company were in the fountain on a daily basis, actively testing the system, and no incidents were reported," said Andria Basilaia.
The Deputy Mayor’s comment was spread by the press office of the capital’s City Hall.
Three children were electrocuted when they were trying to retrieve the ball that fell in the fountain in Vake Park. The children were taken to the clinic by an ambulance. The condition of one of the children, a 13-year-old girl, was serious from the beginning and she died in the Khechinashvili clinic. One child is still in Iashvili clinic, and another is placed in New Hospitals clinic.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs launched an investigation under Article 240 prima of the Criminal Code, which refers to the violation of safety rules, which resulted in less serious or serious injury to health. According to the Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs, in the course of ongoing investigative proceedings, the case was re-qualified under Article 240 (1) I and II parts of the Criminal Code of Georgia, which implies the breach of safety regulations at electric facilities that resulted in death. The committed crime envisions from 4 to 7 years of imprisonment.
