Two years after the destructive earthquakes in Turkey, 400,000 people continue to live in containers. They regularly had water and power errors and poor hygiene conditions, said the Turkish engineering room.
As reported, on February 6, 2023, an earthquake of the force 7.7 shook southeastern Türkiye and North Syria. A few hours later a second earthquake of the strength 7.6 followed. In general, an area was affected that is about the size of Greece. 53,737 people were killed, 107,213 were injured. Tens of thousands of buildings collapsed and more were damaged. “The earthquakes had the 2,000 times power of the atomic bomb that were thrown at Hiroshima,” said the AF Disaster Protection AF authority.
Structure is still running
According to the government, 182,000 employees are deployed on construction sites two years after the earthquakes. So far, 200,000 apartments or commercial units have been transferred. So far, 31 percent of the promised apartments have only been criticized, the canteen of civil engineering.
Others criticize the speed at which the buildings are increased. To build as quickly as possible, concrete mixing systems were built near accommodations and people would be exposed to a health pollution, the Turkish medical association said. Others fear that the speed can be overlooked.
Construction defects are also held responsible for the large number of victims in the earthquakes. 149 Judicial proceedings have been completed so far and the prison conditions and judgments have been imposed by 189 accused. Almost 2000 other processes are still being carried out.
Next earthquake in Istanbul?
Experts assume that the earth could quickly shake around the metropolis of Istanbul. The Kandilli earthquake station indicates the probability of an earthquake with a thickness of 7 to 2030 by 60 percent. 100,000 buildings in Istanbul run the risk of collapsing.
Source: Krone
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