The Hanoi People's Committee has just issued a document regarding a housing project at address 22, alley 236/17 Khuong Dinh (Ha Dinh ward, Thanh Xuan) showing signs of not ensuring safety.

Accordingly, the Hanoi People's Committee assigned the Thanh Xuan District People's Committee to stop using the mini apartment building, while zoning off dangerous areas and moving people and property to ensure safety.

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The two central columns of the building have many cracks. Photo: Quang Phong

According to the directive, Thanh Xuan district must be responsible for supporting temporary accommodation arrangements and ensuring stable lives for households during the relocation period.

During the site management process, relevant units must monitor and observe to detect, warn and promptly handle adverse situations that may cause unsafety to the project and neighboring projects.

Hanoi People's Committee requested Thanh Xuan district to review the survey, design, licensing and construction documents of the mini apartment building at No. 22, Alley 236/17 Khuong Dinh.

In addition, the Hanoi People's Committee requested Thanh Xuan district to clearly identify the cause of the incident and handle the responsibilities of organizations and individuals related to the mini apartment building at No. 22, Alley 236/17 Khuong Dinh, which had a cracked column.

According to the document, the Hanoi People's Committee also requested the Department of Construction to review the entire city on multi-storey and multi-apartment housing types. Thereby, it will evaluate and analyze the legal nature, land management, construction investment, thoroughly handle construction works that violate construction order, and recommend competent authorities to handle violations of fire prevention and fighting.

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After nearly 60 households in the mini apartment building were evacuated, Ha Dinh ward warned that this was a dangerous project.

This mini apartment building has about 60 apartments, which have been sold by the investor to households and used since 2017 until now.

Mr. Nguyen Hong Phong - Head of the Management Board of the mini apartment building 22, alley 236/17 Khuong Dinh said that the two columns in the middle of the building were cracked and lost their load-bearing capacity. In addition, the four columns around the house and the load-bearing beams were also affected.

According to Mr. Nguyen Hong Phong, compared to the design, the load-bearing part of the building is missing a beam leading to the elevator. In addition, the cross-section of the supporting column is smaller than the design.

Sharing with residents, the Head of the Management Board of this mini apartment building said that the estimated cost of repairing the incident could be up to 4-5 billion VND.

Mr. Nguyen Hong Phong said that after appraisal, the process of reinforcing the load-bearing part of the mini apartment building will take many months to complete.

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