Rustavi, Georgia: The Ministry of Environment and Agriculture of Georgia hosted a meeting to discuss the Rustavi air quality and the challenges that still exist in this direction. The meeting was held on December 23, 2025, Tuesday.

Rustavi City Hall shared the glimpses of the meeting on its Official Facebook page on December 23, 2025. The City Hall also shared a small note about the meeting along with its highlights.

The expanded meeting with the Minister of Environmental Protection of Georgia, David Songhulashvili, Deputy Minister Nino Tandilashvili, Mayor of Rustavi Nino Latsabidze, Member of Parliament’s Environment and Natural Resources Committee Alexander Dalakishvili, Delegate of Rustavi in the Parliament of Georgia Irakli Shatakishvili, Chairman of Rustavi City Council Mamuka Rekhviashvili, and the development of enterprises in Rustavi. The genels were in attendance.

During the meeting, the mayor of Rustavi, Nino Latsabidze, noted that the activities of any enterprise should not affect the health of the population. “This is our main goal and demand that we apply to enterprises, ” she added.

As a result of the measures held by the Ministry of Environment and the tightening of the law on environmental responsibility, Rustavi’s ecological situation has improved. Most large enterprises have a continuous self-monitoring system installed, but there are still some problems, which have recently been confirmed by the spread of unpleasant odors in the city.

At a meeting held in the Ministry, business operators in Rustavi were once again called to fulfill their obligations and decided to tighten the monitoring of their business.

The improvement of Rustavi air quality is underway within the framework of the Atmospheric Air Quality Management Plan 2023-2025, with the main priority of which is reducing pollutants from industrial, construction, and transport sectors.

In Rustavi, there is an atmospheric air quality monitoring station, which provides 24-hour continuous, comprehensive data on atmospheric air conditions to the National Environment Agency.