Al Jazeera
Technical teams from the United Nations Development Programme estimate it will take seven years to clear most of the rubble in Gaza, and only under the right conditions.
These include receiving unimpeded access, uninterrupted fuel supplies, heavy machinery, and sustained international support.
Margunn Indreboe, deputy special representative of the administrator for UNDP, said the operation is currently collecting about 5,000 tonnes of debris every day in Gaza, with two crushing machines processing about 2,000 tonnes daily.
“What we do with the crushed materials is we reuse it for humanitarian access,” she told Al Jazeera.
“So we rehabilitate roads, we rehabilitate sites for displaced people. We work with organisations like World Central Kitchen, with UNICEF, with WFP, so that they are able to then establish their operations in a safe place.”
These include receiving unimpeded access, uninterrupted fuel supplies, heavy machinery, and sustained international support.
Margunn Indreboe, deputy special representative of the administrator for UNDP, said the operation is currently collecting about 5,000 tonnes of debris every day in Gaza, with two crushing machines processing about 2,000 tonnes daily.
“What we do with the crushed materials is we reuse it for humanitarian access,” she told Al Jazeera.
“So we rehabilitate roads, we rehabilitate sites for displaced people. We work with organisations like World Central Kitchen, with UNICEF, with WFP, so that they are able to then establish their operations in a safe place.”
