Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Abdulkadir Uraloğlu attended the Disaster Coordination Meeting to evaluate the effects of floods, inundations and landslides that occurred following the heavy rains in Trabzon yesterday. Making a statement after the meeting, Minister Uraloğlu stated that the search for a missing citizen was continuing and that the cleaning activities in the city were largely completed.
Extent of Flood Damage and Search Efforts
Minister Uraloğlu, in his statement after the meeting held at the Transportation Management Crisis Center, said, “Ortahisar and Akçaabat are the centers Flood damage had some impacts in 28 of our neighborhoods"He used expressions. Uraloğlu, who stated that damage occurred especially in Beşirli, Moloz, Çömlekçi and the upper parts of Sera Lake and some parts of Akçaabat, emphasized that the search efforts for a citizen who went missing in the Çukurca neighborhood continue uninterruptedly.
Uraloğlu for the missing citizen Work continues with 288 personnel and 14 drones stated. He also said, “An area of approximately 11 kilometers was scanned with divers in Sera Lake. It is being scanned again and hopefully we will reach him safe and sound as soon as possible. We still maintain this hope, our work continues.”
Cleaning Activities Are Nearing Completion
As of yesterday morning, the total of the relevant institutions including municipalities, AFAD, General Directorate of Highways and DSI 818 personnel Minister Uraloğlu, who stated that he participated in the cleaning efforts, said, “All our personnel contributed to the necessary cleaning efforts with their vehicles. As of now, we can say that the cleaning efforts are more or less complete.” This rapid intervention is of great importance in terms of accelerating the normalization process in the city.
Damage Assessments and Assistance to Citizens
Approximate number to 112 Emergency line 670 calls Uraloğlu stated that all of these calls were answered and dealt with, and according to initial findings, Damage assessment in 117 workplaces, 20 vehicles and 10 residences announced that it was done. He stated that a full determination could not be made due to some parking lots being under water and that clearer information would emerge in the coming hours. He shared the information that risk assessment was made in 5 buildings, especially in Gündoğdu and Doğançay neighborhoods, and one of them was determined to be seriously damaged.
Minister Uraloğlu reminded that the Black Sea coastline, especially the Eastern Black Sea, is one of the regions at risk of disasters caused by floods and inundations, and emphasized the importance of citizens being more cautious in terms of not taking risks, in addition to the measures taken by institutions.
Underlining that they made evaluations with all relevant institutions at the coordination meeting, Uraloğlu stated that they have largely eliminated the effects of floods and inundations. Minister Uraloğlu said, “We have done a lot of work in the past to prevent similar events and we have determined how effective they are in the field.” He emphasized that they will continue to make the necessary updates, also taking into account the effects of climate change.
Promise of Financial Support to Resolve Victimization
Minister Uraloğlu also stated that they met with the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Family and Social Services, and announced that an important step would be taken to eliminate the grievances: “In the first stage, we will carry out a study until the morning, regardless of the damage to the citizens, and we will provide them with a lifeline before the holiday. We will provide financial support. Our citizens can rest assured in this regard. We have never victimized our citizens and we will not victimize them in the future. Together, we have eliminated most of the traces of these in a short time. We will hopefully close this process by eliminating the individual financial losses of our citizens as much as possible.” This statement gave the message that rapid and effective aid will be provided to disaster victims.
