Authorities have picked up the tempo for city transformation in Istanbul – which is without doubt one of the most populous European cities – after the large devastation in 11 provinces in Kahramanmaraş-centered earthquakes on Feb. 6, ramping up efforts to demolish the shabby infrastructure to mitigate the destruction in case of catastrophes.
In this context, the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change is working with district municipalities and the personal sector to resume the dilapidated buildings inside initiatives began in 2012 underneath the slogan of “Urban Transformation All Over Türkiye.”
Urban transformation was by no means taken that critically in Türkiye’s metropolitan hub after the Marmara earthquake that struck on Aug. 17, 1999; nevertheless, authorities are pacing up the renovation and restoration of dangerous infrastructures after the Feb. 6 disaster that not solely wreaked havoc in Türkiye and Syria however shook the whole world.
While the transformation of 695,000 unbiased items has been accomplished via the cooperation of municipalities and the personal sector over a 10-year interval within the metropolis, the development of 93,000 unbiased items is underway. The ministry goals to rebuild each unstable construction for the city transformation by 2035.
In Istanbul’s Fikirtepe and Kadıköy neighborhoods 1,648 of the ten,765 unbiased items, 1,563 unbiased items in Ataşehir’s Yukarı Dudullu, 615 unbiased items in Ümraniye’s Hekimbaşı district, 939 unbiased items in Beyoğlu’s Okmeydanı and 130 of 1,295 unbiased items in Kartal’s Orhantepe, which have been demolished and reconstructed later, have been delivered to the beneficiaries.
The evacuation and demolition course of of two,027 unbiased items within the Orta and Dumlupınar neighborhoods in Pendik have additionally been accomplished.
Besides, 446 unbiased items in Maltepe’s Atışokulu are deliberate to be demolished quickly. In the Beykoz’s Tokatköy district, the development of 823 unbiased items has been began and the demolition of 653 unbiased items continues in Eyüpsultan’s Islambey.
In Güngören’s Tozkoparan and Genç Osman neighborhoods, 144 of 1,770 unbiased items have been delivered to their beneficiaries, whereas the remaining 1,626 unbiased items have been underneath development.
In Üsküdar, the earthquake-safe transformation of seven,084 homes, which embody Çamlıca Mosque, Kirazlıtepe, Ferah, Küplüce and Mehmet Akif, continues. Some 551 of the three,821 unbiased items, which have been demolished and later reconstructed, have been delivered to their beneficiaries whereas the development of two,620 unbiased items within the district continues.
In Esenler, 2,110 out of 60,000 unbiased items have been delivered to the beneficiaries whereas 745 unbiased items within the Kağıthane Yahya Kemal neighborhood are within the supply section. In the Telsiz, Beştelsiz and Merkezefendi neighborhoods of Zeytinburnu, 1,113 unbiased items have been demolished.
The ministry has been concerned within the city transformation course of since 2019 to hold out practices to create secure and livable city settlements for residents in dangerous areas in Gaziosmanpaşa. The transformation means of 5,375 unbiased items, together with 5,265 residences and 110 business items in 4 neighborhoods and 5 sub-regions within the district is being carried out in coordination with the Housing Development Administration (TOKI).
In Çatalca’s Ferhatpaşa neighborhood, 285 unbiased items have entered the ultimate stage of development.
In this context, a complete of 1,081 unbiased items, together with 1,040 residences and 41 business items, have been delivered to their beneficiaries in Gaziosmanpaşa’s Yıldıztabya and Sarıgöl neighborhoods. The development of 842 unbiased items, 813 residences and 29 business items was accomplished and handed over to the beneficiaries. Besides, the development of 926 residences and one business unit continues within the Bağlarbaşı (7A) neighborhood.
The tender means of 1,860 unbiased items comprising 1,821 residences and 39 business items within the Sarıgöl, Yenimahalle and Yıldıztabya neighborhoods has been accomplished and development has begun.
IBB KİPTAŞ
Within city transformation, KIPTAŞ – a subsidiary of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IBB) – took the tender to finish and ship all authorized and technical issues associated to city transformation initiatives in Bayrampaşa.
In the brand new challenge of KIPTAŞ, 1,646 unbiased items have been deliberate in Eyüpsultan, Bağcılar, Güngören, Beylikdüzü, Beşiktaş and Kadıköy. The first section of Eyüpsultan’s Yeşilpınar homes, which contains 155 unbiased items, has been accomplished and delivered to the beneficiaries.
In Kadıköy three buildings have been demolished and their new foundations have been laid, with earthquake security areas put aside within the buildings.
Noting that Istanbul is a metropolis that accommodates one-seventh of the inhabitants of Türkiye, the previous IBB Earthquake and Natural Disaster Commission chairperson, Kadem Ekşi, instructed Anadolu Agency (AA) that about 1.2 million of seven.1 million unbiased items within the metropolis must be shortly renewed or strengthened. “We have over 1 million buildings in Istanbul and nearly 70% of them were built before 2000,” he highlighted.
“The weakening of the buildings because of the iron reinforcements, deterioration due to the corrosion of the foundation, carrier systems and the insulation problems have brought us to a point that seriously concerns us,” he added.
Source: www.dailysabah.com
