Turkey has started the construction of a “container city” — temporary housing units resembling shipping containers — for quake-hit people in the city of Izmir, the environment and urbanization minister said Monday.
THE CAPACITY OF CITY WILL BE 7,600
“Our container city, right next to the wreckage area, will be completed with its infrastructure and social facilities within 20 days,” Murat Kurum said. “Currently, we have a clean and warm guesthouse facility to meet all kinds of food and shelter needs. The capacity is approximately 7,600.”
He said that as many as 3,500 tents have been sent to the quake-hit region, and nearly 2,000 of them have been set up for those whose homes have been destroyed.
About 7,600 people have taken shelter in the tents, the minister said, adding that at least 220,000 earthquake victims have been served meals with the coordination of the Turkish Red Crescent.