The police officers are deployed in the Jimastaro village, Tskaltubo Municipality, on the access road to Gumati settlement, where metal fences are erected.

Policemen allow pedestrians only to Gumati settlement. Traffic is still prohibited.

A similar restriction applies to the Jachvis Khidi (Chain Bridge) across the Rioni River, Kutaisi, western Georgia.

The anti-Namakhvani HPP protesters are rallying at the former parliament building in Kutaisi and then plan to march to the Rioni Gorge.

The police apprehended four anti-Namakhvani HPP protesters for disobedience and petty hooliganism in the Gumati settlement earlier today.

Rioni Gorge residents were storming metal fences the police erected. The event resulted in a skirmish between the police and protesters.

Anti-Namakhvani HPP protester Varlam Goletiani claimed blocking the road to the Namakhvani village would not impede the protest. Goletiani said the police erected the metal fences, aiming to suppress the protest.

Rioni Gorge residents are protesting the construction of Namakhvani HPP by Turkish company ENKA for approximately five months. Anti-HPP activists are concerned about the HPP construction could harm the environment.