Old Theletra was abandoned several decades ago. The threat of landslides drove the population up the hill to a new settlement. Since then the village has mainly been left to crumble.

In the late 1970s, due to the danger of landslides caused by strong earthquakes, soil erosion and the impossibility of further development of the village, residents decided to move to a new place – to the top of the very hill where they lived. The government supported them in this affair and helped to found New Theletra, which was established in a safer place. By the way, no destructive landslides, which the residents feared so much, have not happened since that moment, but the danger still remains.