New Delhi: Earthquake has caused a lot of destruction in Turkey. Some families have become homeless due to the earthquake. Some children have lost their parents, some fathers have lost their children, some people have survived the earthquake. But government help is not reaching them. Let us tell you that more than 44 thousand people lost their lives only in Turkey due to the earthquake. Images of the devastating earthquake and stories of people being pulled out of the rubble a week later are haunting people. A somewhat different challenge is in store for millions of people living to find a roof over their heads. In fact, this crisis is due to lack of space in relief camps. People are somehow living somewhere under the open sky.
Turkish officials claim – 2 million people were given tents
Families are still living in makeshift shelters nearly three weeks after a massive earthquake hit southern Turkey because they have not been able to find a place in an official camp. Although nearly two million people left homeless by the earthquake have been housed outside the area in tents, container houses and other facilities, 25-year-old Alsved said his family has yet to benefit, according to Turkish officials.
People are forced to live in gardens
Some families are forced to live in gardens and open spaces. said Alsved, who studies nursing at Sirte University in southeast Turkey. He said, “The biggest problem is the tents. It’s been 19 days and we still haven’t found a single tent. We even applied to go to a tent camp, but they said the nearby camps are full.”
Women are forced to live in greenhouses
Here women live in greenhouses. Officials said separate tents are not available for women. A woman named Ays said, “We have not received a tent, but there are others in a worse situation than us and I want them to be given first. At least we have a greenhouse. I have come here with my children.” The husband pulled out a sofa from the rubble outside the house for the children to sleep on. We have food and drink, but they said there are no tents right now. Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) said Turkey had set up more than 335,000 tents in earthquake zones and container home settlements were being set up in 130 locations. 530,000 people have also been displaced.
Earthquake wreaks havoc in Turkey
It is worth mentioning that earthquake shocks were felt in Turkey on February 6. These shocks came not once but many times. Until disaster struck. The first shock occurred at 4.17 am. Its magnitude was 7.8 on the Richter scale. The epicenter was Gaziantep in southern Turkey. Before people could evacuate, another earthquake struck shortly after, measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale. This period of earthquake shock did not stop here. This was followed by another aftershock of magnitude 6.5. The aftershocks wreaked havoc in 11 provinces, including Malatya, Sanliurfa, Osmaniye and Diyarbakir. At 4 pm there was another shock of the earthquake. This shock caused the most havoc. Exactly one and a half hours later, at 5.30 pm, the fifth shock of the earthquake occurred.