Turkish President says development of 56,323 homes within the quake-hit area has already began, including that Türkiye is planning to construct 319,000 homes in a single 12 months.
(Emin Sansar / AA)
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has promised to heal the injuries attributable to highly effective earthquakes that hit the nation’s southern area final month and claimed greater than 50,000 lives.
“We are working day and night to heal the wounds caused by the earthquake in the hearts of millions of our people,” Erdogan stated on Monday at a ground-breaking ceremony within the Adiyaman province.
Türkiye is planning to construct 319,000 homes in a single 12 months within the quake-hit area, he stated.
“On the one hand, we are establishing temporary accommodation areas, while on the other hand, we are starting the construction of permanent residences,” he stated, including the development of 56,323 homes has began thus far.
On Feb. 6, the magnitude 7.7 and seven.6 quakes struck 11 provinces — Adana, Adiyaman, Diyarbakir, Elazig, Hatay, Gaziantep, Kahramanmaras, Kilis, Malatya, Osmaniye, and Sanliurfa.
More than 13.5 million individuals in Türkiye have been affected by the devastating quakes, in addition to many others in northern Syria.
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‘Risk protect’
Earlier this month, Türkiye launched its “risk shield” mannequin for constructing new residential properties consolidated in opposition to future disasters after final month’s devastating earthquakes within the nation’s south, President Erdogan introduced.
“We have quickly launched the construction of new houses and living spaces, starting with projects whose ground and feasibility studies have already been completed,” Erdogan stated on Friday at a gathering in Istanbul with high-level officers, together with Vice President Fuat Oktay, parliament speaker Mustafa Sentop, Communications Director Fahrettin Altun, and authorities ministers.
The intention of the assembly was to type the mental foundation of the Turkish National Risk Shield Model, he stated, including whereas creating this strategy, all the hazards and threats could be considered underneath the title of the catastrophe that the nation is going through.
Once harm assessments are full, the variety of new homes to be constructed within the quakes-hit area will grow to be clear, Erdogan added as he addressed the Türkiye National Risk Shield Meeting on the Dolmabahce Presidential Office.
“While planning new houses, we are turning the direction of our cities from plains towards hills,” he stated, underlining that underneath the brand new mannequin, areas with robust bedrocks can be most popular as a lot as doable.
“We aim to revive our ancient cities with an understanding that will keep our historical and cultural assets alive and also reinforce them against disaster,” he stated.
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Source: AA
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