Landslide in the Iskar gorge in Bulgaria

[Silviq Koleva]

The traffic is redirected on a bypass route.
The traffic through the Iskar gorge near Lakatnik was completely stopped. The reason fell a rock mass on the roadway. The traffic is regulated by the Traffic Police, a bypass route is provided.

The reason for the activated landslide is overwetting. It has been raining in the area for three days now.

In many places on the road in the Iskar gorge there are fallen stones on the roadway. On the way from Eliseina to Lakatnik Station, two small landslides have intensified.

The movement of heavy vehicles over 12 tons is redirected along the bypass route: Vratsa – Mezdra – Botevgrad – Sofia and back, and those up to 12 tons pass on the road Lakatnik – Mezdra and back.

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