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Photo of the ski resort in Gudauri, Georgia (file)
12 people, including 11 Indians, died in a restaurant in Gudauri, Georgia. The 12th person is from Georgia. According to the police, all of them were sleeping in a room on the second floor of the restaurant. Then he suffocated due to carbon monoxide leak.
Police said that in the initial investigation no marks of violence or injury were found on his body. The Indian Embassy located in Georgia’s capital Georgia has expressed grief over this incident. The embassy said, ‘We are working closely with local authorities so that the bodies can be sent to India soon.’
Georgia’s Interior Ministry said the incident was being investigated. According to CNN, a generator was found near the workers’ beds and was probably turned on after the power cut. This released gas. The identities of those who died have not been released yet.
Photo of Indian restaurant in Gudauri. This is viral on social media.
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Currently the temperature in Gudauri goes down to minus 15 degrees at night. Spending the night here without a heater can be fatal. For this reason, the people living here make arrangements for heating the rooms.
Gudauri is near the Caucasus Mountains near the Russian border. It is the largest and highest ski resort in the country. Mostly European tourists come here. According to the report, last year more than 3 lakh people had come here for skiing.
Gudauri resort is at an altitude of 7,200 feet (2,195 m). Skiing can be done here for 56 km. Skiing can be started here from a peak of 10,750 feet (3,277 m).