Türkiye‘s president on Friday stated that over 214,000 buildings had collapsed or have been closely broken by final month’s devastating earthquakes within the nation’s south.
“At this moment, we’ve determined 608,000 independent sections in 214,000 buildings that have collapsed or are severely damaged and will be demolished,” Recep Tayyip Erdoğan stated at a gathering in Istanbul with high-level officers, together with Vice President Fuat Oktay, parliament speaker Mustafa Şentop, Communications Director Fahrettin Altun, and authorities ministers.
Once injury assessments are full, the variety of new residential buildings and village properties to be constructed within the quakes-hit cities will change into clear, Erdoğan added as he addressed the Türkiye National Risk Shield Meeting on the Dolmabahce Presidential Office.
The new buildings will likely be not more than three or 4 tales excessive above the bottom flooring, he stated.
“We aim to revive our ancient cities with an understanding that will keep our historical and cultural assets alive and also reinforce them against disasters.”
More than 45,000 individuals died in Türkiye within the magnitude 7.7 and seven.6 earthquakes on Feb. 6. The earthquakes, which have been centered within the province of Kahramanmaraş, affected greater than 13 million individuals throughout 11 provinces, together with Hatay, Adana, Gaziantep, Diyarbakır, Adıyaman, Malatya, Kilis, Osmaniye, Elazığ, and Şanlıurfa.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
