In the aftermath of the Feb. 6 earthquakes, settlements positioned close to the earthquake zone together with Bingöl, Kayseri, Mardin, Tunceli, Niğde and Batman, have been tagged with the “Disaster Areas Affecting General Life” standing.
Under this standing, cities will profit from state subsidies the place the state compensates for all monetary losses and gives updates if buildings are to be demolished or evacuated are conveyed to the house owners. The house owners have the proper to attraction selections inside three days.
In line with the 1999 Marmara earthquake, the Turkish Parliament handed Law No. 5902 in 2009 to type the Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) underneath the Prime Ministry and abolish varied businesses underneath whose jurisdiction the problem beforehand fell.
The AFAD is an establishment working to forestall disasters and decrease disaster-related damages, plan and coordinate the post-disaster response, and promote cooperation amongst varied authorities businesses.
In this regard, the AFAD launched a novel catastrophe administration mannequin that prioritizes Türkiye’s transition from disaster administration to threat administration, which got here to be often known as the Integrated Disaster Management System.
The new standing within the southeast is a results of the catastrophic 7.7 and seven.6 magnitude earthquakes – 9 hours aside – that struck the southeastern area of Türkiye and neighboring Syria on Feb. 6. The tremors claimed 50,096 lives, razed 1000’s of buildings and inflicted extreme infrastructural harm.
Source: www.dailysabah.com
