Türkiye sets up 450,000 tents, containers after quakes: VP Oktay

Türkiye sets up 450,000 tents, containers after quakes: VP Oktay

Following the highly effective earthquakes that struck Türkiye’s southeast on Feb. 6, tent cities and transport containers have been erected at greater than 500 areas for earthquake survivors, the nation’s vp mentioned Tuesday.

Speaking at a news convention on the Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD), Fuat Oktay mentioned tent cities had been established in 354 areas with 437,613 tents and 21,714 containers put in at 240 areas. He famous that every container and tent was labeled and numbered as a dwelling.

Oktay, accompanied by Labor and Social Security Minister Vedat Bilgin and AFAD President Yunus Sezer, gave details about the works carried out after the Kahramanmaraş centered earthquakes stating that 360-degree coordination continues in quake-affected areas.

He mentioned TL 30.8 billion ($1.5 billion) had been despatched by AFAD to provinces affected by the earthquakes and TL 22.3 billion by public establishments and organizations.

“In the disaster area and outside the disaster area, in tents, containers, dormitories, hotels, public guesthouses, school facilities, and other facilities, a total of 2.19 million citizens are provided with accommodation services,” he mentioned. Oktay mentioned greater than 1.37 million survivors got TL 10,000 per family as an emergency help fee.

“Also, 261,757 families received TL 15,000 in relocation aid. Payment procedures are still in place,” he mentioned.

“Furthermore, in order to restart manufacturing in our earthquake-affected regions, we will finish the workplaces we have planned in our provinces as soon as possible. Now, a total of 8,825 jobs are planned in Kahramanmaraş, 3,595 in Malatya, 155 in Osmaniye, 585 in Adiyaman, 300 in Gaziantep and 2,740 in Hatay,” he mentioned.

“We stand with the laborers in this tough moment with the consciousness of being a social state, and we will continue to do so,” Oktay added. He mentioned 1.80 million buildings had been inspected, and nearly 20% of the particles has been eliminated.

Oktay additionally mentioned that intensive session with scientists within the fields of geophysics, geology and seismology, and earthquake consultants was carried out on the conferences held in Istanbul and Gaziantep inside the scope of the National Risk Shield Model of Türkiye and that additional works on this method are set to be carried out inside 13 committees established below the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change.

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