Leading construction equipment maker Doosan Bobcat will provide equipment worth around $1 million for relief and recovery activities in the earthquake-stricken areas of Turkiye.
Construction equipment will be promptly delivered through Doosan Bobcat’s dealer network to be of practical help in lifesaving activities in affected areas and to help restore critical infrastructure such as collapsed buildings and roads, Doosan Bobcat wrote in a statement.
The equipment being supplied includes skid-steer loaders and excavators to remove and clean debris, and portable generators and lighting towers to be used at sites with power supply issues, the statement noted.
Accoprding to media reports, five back-to-back earthquakes have killed over 16,000 people and left tens of thousands injured in Turkey and Syria this week. As per the world health organisation around 13,000 people had died in Turkey and more 3,000 in Syria from the 7.8-magnitude tremor. Authorities and volunteers are racing to save survivors trapped under debris in freezing weather.
As per the construction equipment major, by providing equipment that can be used immediately for relief and recovery efforts, Doosan Bobcat hopes to help residents of the affected areas in Turkiye to begin to recover their daily lives as soon as possible.
The donation will be financed in cooperation with Doosan Bobcat’s mother company, Doosan Group, which has supported previous major disasters with equipment and donations, such as hurricanes and earthquakes in the US, China, Haiti, Japan and Nepal over the past 20-plus years.
Doosan Bobcat is a company within the Doosan Group. Doosan Group is a top-tier global enterprise employing more than 26,000 people in 38 countries worldwide and proudly serving customers and communities for more than a century.