As a part of the continued effort to rebuild the provinces closely impacted by the devastating earthquakes that struck Türkiye earlier this yr, Environment, Urban Planning and Climate Change Minister Mehmet Özhaseki on Sunday introduced building plans for over 250,000 residences in Hatay.
“It is our duty to raise our 11 cities affected by the earthquakes as soon as possible. Our housing blocks and rural houses are rapidly rising in Hatay, the city of civilizations,” the minister stated.
An in depth breakdown of the housing plan revealed {that a} whole of 254,195 homes could be constructed, comprising 220,066 catastrophe homes and 34,129 rural homes.
Further offering info on the progress, Özhaseki stated, “We have already delivered the tender for 32,715 disaster houses; construction is underway for 30,088 houses and 48 shops.”
Ensuring that they purpose to ship the homes to residents as quickly as doable, the minister vowed to revive Hatay to its previous days.
On rural housing growth, Özhaseki emphasised adherence to native structure, stating: “In total, 34,129 village houses will be constructed, including social reinforcement areas. The tender process for these houses has been completed in 244 villages across the province, with construction having already commenced for 6,847 rural houses and 947 barns.”
The minister particularly highlighted Hatay, Kahramanmaraş, Malatya and Adıyaman as provinces with the very best variety of housing constructions, given the severity of the tremors.
According to the assertion offered, homes are being constructed by Türkiye’s Housing Development Administration (TOKI) utilizing raft foundations and tunnel formwork programs in areas not uncovered to fault strains and liquefaction.
Last week, throughout a video convention on reconstruction, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan pledged a swift restoration after two earthquakes claimed 1000’s of lives and demolished 1000’s of buildings. According to the most recent authorities assessments, the associated fee incurred by the earthquake to the nation’s economic system is estimated to be a complete of $104 billion (TL 2.74 trillion).
“We will deliver them (homes) to the rightful owners. Our goal is to build a total of 650,000 houses. We’re determined to make our cities safer and more resilient than before,” he stated.
On Feb. 6, 7.7 and seven.6 magnitude quakes struck quite a few Turkish provinces claiming over 50,000 lives. Around 14 million folks in Türkiye have been affected by the quakes in addition to many 1000’s of others in northern Syria.
Source: www.dailysabah.com
