President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan stated they’d rebuild and revive 11 cities in southeastern Türkiye destroyed within the Feb. 6 twin earthquakes, contemplating all points, together with their companies, farming and agriculture, trade, in addition to cultural and historic heritage.
Speaking on the Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) Coordination Center in Hatay province, Erdoğan stated they’d quickly begin the reconstruction of the cities and would stand with all residents as they attempt to restart their lives following the devastating catastrophe.
“We would like to move residential areas away from the lowlands toward the mountainside,” the president stated, with the objective to eradicate the hazards related to soil liquefaction throughout pure disasters.
He famous that Türkiye would rebuild a brand new Antakya, Iskenderun, Arsuz and different essential areas destroyed within the earthquakes from scratch and revive them.
Noting that the federal government is actively working with geophysics, geotechnics, geology, seismology and earthquake consultants from universities, Erdoğan stated all residential areas can be reconstructed in keeping with city planning, floor traits, distance to fault strains and the cultural material.
The president stated it could take a yr to reconstruct everlasting properties for earthquake survivors, who’re at present taking shelter in tent and container cities.
In line with the present objective, the reconstruction of properties would begin subsequent month, together with 44,770 in Malatya, 9,550 in Osmaniye, 6,000 in Diyarbakır, 3,000 Şanlıurfa and three,750 in Elazığ, 2,500 in Adana, 250 in Kilis, 40,426 in Hatay, 45,067 in Kahramanmaraş, 25,882 in Adıyaman and 18,544 properties in Gaziantep.
On Feb. 6, two earthquakes with magnitudes 7.7 and seven.6 shook southeastern Türkiye, killing a minimum of 41,156 individuals and injuring tens of 1000’s of others, in line with AFAD.
Over 6,210 aftershocks jolted the areas following the 2 important earthquakes, AFAD stated.
Teams have mobilized to proceed eradicating rubble from collapsed buildings whereas infrastructure works for establishing short-term settlements in worst-hit areas are gaining tempo.
AFAD stated that just about 13,000 excavators, cranes, vans and different industrial automobiles had been despatched to the quake zone.
Source: www.dailysabah.com
