In the aftermath of the Feb. 6 catastrophic earthquakes, rescue staff within the momentary tent metropolis arrange in Hatay’s Kırıkhan present uninterrupted 24-hour service with the coordination of the nation’s Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD), Anadolu Agency (AA) reported Wednesday.
Some 725 individuals affected by the 7.7 and seven.6 magnitude earthquakes that struck southern Türkiye earlier this month proceed their lives in 127 tents in Kırıkhan City Stadium arrange by the Provincial Directorate of Youth and Sports and Beykoz Municipality with AFAD’s coordination.
Institutions and organizations cater to the essential wants of the tent metropolis residents reminiscent of meals, clothes, salon and laundry, whereas the gendarmerie groups from the northern province of Zonguldak present the safety.
The employees, who stay on their toes all day, take particular care of the kids as a way to mitigate the destructive affect of the current devastating earthquakes.
Fatih Eren, the coordinator of the tent metropolis, informed AA that regardless of experiencing the earthquake, he has put apart all his ache and apprehensions to assist different individuals.
Explaining that their precedence was to collect the victims within the secure zone as quickly as attainable, Eren mentioned that the troopers and assist had already began to reach.
”We instantly established a tent metropolis after we acquired the help. We shortly arrange the tents with our emergency and district governor, and on the third day, individuals began dwelling within the tent metropolis,” he defined.
Noting that there are three hospitals within the tent metropolis, Eren additionally mentioned that they distributed three sizzling meals a day for the victims.
“In order to meet all kinds of needs, our staff constantly visits the tents to follow up on what they lack, and especially to work on the treatment of the injured rescued from the rubble,” Eren maintained, adding that the victims are happy now, but it is a “bitter-sweet happiness.”
Mehmet Erkoç, one of many victims hosted within the tent metropolis, mentioned that he had taken his household out of the home through the earthquake.
Stating that they skilled a really extreme jolt through the earthquake and had issue standing within the hall, Erkoç mentioned that as they went outdoors, it was rubble in every single place. “God bless everybody who helped us right here. They rush to do every part from A to Z for us within the tents, asking us every single day if we want something,” Erkoç praised the rescue staff.
Likewise, one other survivor named Hatice Oral, who endured the earthquake along with her 1-week-old child, shared that they had been in a position to go away their houses after the tremors and thanked everybody who supported them through the tough occasions.
Meanwhile, center faculty scholar Ezgi Buğlem Kök defined that her beautiful faculty was broken within the earthquake. “The solely factor left from faculty is my uniform. I do not put on anything. All my books are left at house. Everything in our home is gone. We keep in tents. Thanks to everybody who helped us.”
The Interior Ministry and AFAD introduced on Tuesday that they accomplished the set up of 300,809 tents within the provinces affected by the earthquakes in Kahramanmaraş.
According to the assertion issued by AFAD, the cargo of tents to the area, which began from the primary second as a way to meet the momentary shelter wants of earthquake victims, is in progress with no interruption.
AFAD, which has created tent metropolis areas at 270 places within the earthquake-affected provinces, additionally meets particular person tent calls for.
In a bid to offer shelter to the victims, 69,766 tents had been arrange within the worst affected provinces of Hatay, and 66,685 in Kahramanmaraş.
At the identical time, 49,670 tents had been setup in Gaziantep, 45,852 in Adıyaman, 25,380 in Malatya, 17,515 in Adana, 8,838 in Şanlıurfa, 7,170 in Osmaniye, 6,328 in Diyarbakir and three,605 in Kilis.
Source: www.dailysabah.com
