Dagestanavtodor has announced a road collapse threat in a mountainous region.

In the Charodinsky District, access to eight blocked villages has been restored. Due to spring floods, a section of the highway there was in danger of collapsing, and reconstruction is planned.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," by May 16, the number of villages without transportation had grown to nine after a landslide blocked the road to the village of Fite in the Agulsky District. That evening, transportation to Fite was restored. By the morning of May 17, eight villages in the Charodinsky District remained blockaded: Shalib, Alchunib, Archib, Keseribi, Khilih, Khitab, Kalib, and Kubatl.

There are no more blocked settlements in Dagestan, Dagestanavtodor reported on its Telegram channel on May 17.

"15 sections have been closed with detours. Emergency repair work is underway in all directions," the agency reported.

Later, Dagestanavtodor published a clarification regarding the situation on the Tsurib-Archib road in the Charodinsky District. According to the publication, since early October 2025, "active landslide processes have been occurring on the upstream slope adjacent to the road, covering an area of ​​over 12,000 square meters."

Until March 2026, the contractor provided "vehicle access using a temporary scheme with periodic landslide clearance."

Due to the flooding, the road to the village of Khuruh was at risk of collapsing.

"However, the intense rainfall that occurred in March of this year worsened the situation, and landslide clearance work is not being carried out due to the risk of complete collapse of the upstream slope and the road leading to the village of Khuruh, located up the slope. In this regard, a decision was made to reconstruct the said section by relocating the highway to the opposite slope, bypassing the village of Magar and the landslide area. Vehicle traffic is provided using a temporary scheme bypassing the damaged section," the agency reported. department.

The same sections have to be restored and cleared repeatedly.

Design and estimate documentation for the reconstruction of an eight-kilometer section of road is currently being developed. "Furthermore, emergency repair work is underway along the entire route to the village of Archib, including the construction of a temporary bridge using SARM (medium-sized collapsible road bridge – Ed. note from the "Caucasian Knot") sections. Unfortunately, active landslide processes continue, which is why the same sections have to be restored and cleared repeatedly," the publication states.

As a reminder, on April 26, traffic on the Tsurib-Archib road section was also closed following a rockfall. Access to 16 villages in the Charodinsky District was blocked, and road clearing was complicated by repeated landslides. Later, a temporary road system was established on the Tsurib-Archib section of the highway.

In late March and early April, dozens of road sections in Dagestan were closed after floods, landslides, and, in mountainous areas, avalanches and snowstorms. The floods that hit the North Caucasus this spring were among the most devastating in recent years. Six people, including three minors, died as a result of the flooding in Dagestan. Dagestan and Chechnya suffered the most from the natural disaster, according to the Caucasian Knot report "Spring Flooding in the North Caucasus - 2026".

The Caucasian Knot has compiled materials about flooding in the republics of the North Caucasus Federal District in the spring of 2026 on the thematic page "Flooding in the North Caucasus".