The catastrophic earthquakes that brought about widespread destruction within the south of Türkiye this month have led to the collapse or extreme harm of over 200,000 buildings, a senior official mentioned Tuesday.
The magnitude 7.7 and seven.6 quakes struck on Feb. 6 and flattened a swathe of the southeastern area, killing over 44,000 individuals and leaving hundreds of thousands homeless.
Described because the worst catastrophe in Türkiye’s trendy historical past, the quakes impacted an space that’s house to some 13.5 million individuals, or over 15% of the nation’s inhabitants.
Authorities have thus far accomplished inspections of 1.52 million buildings within the area, mentioned Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change Minister Mustafa Kurum.
“We have determined that 582,000 independent sections and 202,000 buildings have collapsed or have been severely damaged and will be demolished immediately,” Kurum advised a news convention within the quake-hit Hatay province.
In Hatay alone, about 60,000 buildings have been both destroyed or severely broken to the extent that they should be torn down, Kurum mentioned.
The minister mentioned contracts had been signed to start out development of 456 residences in Gaziantep province’s Nurdağı district, in addition to of 645 homes in Kilis and 297 residential models in Adıyaman.
Kurum knowledgeable tender processes had been ongoing for two,663 residences to be in-built Gaziantep, Kahramanmaraş, Hatay and Şanlıurfa.
In whole, Kurum mentioned development of 14,500 residential models can have began in February.
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has pledged to rebuild properties and the southeastern catastrophe zone inside a 12 months.
The preliminary plan is to construct 200,000 residences and 70,000 village homes at the price of not less than $15 billion.
Around 2 million individuals left homeless by the catastrophe are being housed in tents, container properties and different amenities within the area and in different elements of the nation, in accordance with the Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD).
Source: www.dailysabah.com
