Have a house but have to sleep in a motel
Recently, the family of 4 of Ms. Le Thi An (70 years old), residing at 52 Phu Dinh (Ward 16, District 8) has always had to live in a state of insecurity when the walls of the 1-ground-floor, 2-story house were cracked and the ground level was sinking after the Phu Dinh wharf embankment project began construction.
According to Ms. An, about two years ago, when workers came to drive piles along Lo Gom canal to build the embankment of Phu Dinh wharf, her house cracked abnormally even though it had only been built four months earlier. Every time the piles were driven down, the residential area here shook violently.
Large cracks in Mrs. An's house wall
The living room area of Mrs. An's house was covered with large and small cracks, some of which were more than 10 cm wide. The ground subsided, causing the walls to break and lose connection between the brick walls and the concrete ceiling above. Some of the house's supporting pillars were also cracked, exposing the iron frames inside. The doors on the upper floors were uneven and could not be opened. When it rained, water splashed into the house through the cracks, damaging furniture.
"The brick walls are now cracked. The two main pillars of the house are also cracked. I can hear the walls creaking when I sleep, not knowing when disaster will strike. I have a house but have to sleep in a rented house," Ms. An said indignantly.
The cracks in the house are spreading and getting bigger. Recently, Ms. An's family spent more than 40 million VND to buy steel and hire workers to reinforce the house.
From the outside, looking through the fractured position, you can clearly see the objects inside Mrs. An's house.
The homeowner reinforced and tied up the cracked walls.
At the cracked and broken positions on the wall of the house, the workers built iron frames and screwed them to tie and connect the cracked walls together to prevent them from collapsing. Although the house was reinforced but still not safe, Mrs. An had to sleep in a motel.
Not only Mrs. An’s house, but also the warehouse and the row of rented rooms behind her family’s house have cracked brick walls. At the entrance to the row of 18 rented rooms, the road surface has sunk and is bumpy, making it difficult to move. According to Mrs. An’s family, due to the sunken road, there have been cases of tenants falling off their motorbikes and breaking their arms.
"Some tenants have already left. I also intend to move out because living in a cracked house like this is too scary," said Ms. Phan Thi Tuyet Hanh (31 years old, from An Giang) - a tenant of Ms. An's house.
The road leading to Mrs. An's boarding house has collapsed.
Ms. An's family said they have also worked with relevant parties to agree on a solution to handle the damage to her house caused by the construction of pile driving on the Phu Dinh wharf embankment, part of the Ho Chi Minh City water environment improvement project, phase 2. However, the parties have not yet agreed on a solution.
A short distance from Mrs. An’s house, the 4th-floor house with a mezzanine at 49/2A Phu Dinh (Ward 16, District 8) is home to 8 people with 3 generations of Mrs. Pham Thi Nam’s family (68 years old). Inside the two bedrooms of the house, the brick walls have cracks from the ceiling down and extend almost the entire room.
Ms. Nam said that when workers were driving piles to build the canal embankment, many places dozens of meters away from the scene could still feel the shaking of the ground. Her house is located close to the canal embankment, so when workers were driving piles to build the embankment, her house shook like... a hammock.
Mrs. Nam's bedroom wall has long cracks.
At first, only small cracks appeared on the wall, which gradually grew larger and spread, causing the brick wall to break and fracture. "They said they would provide compensation, but so far we have not seen anything. There are many people living in the house, and our finances are tight. We know it is dangerous, but where can we live now? When there is support, we will repair the house, what else can we do?", said Ms. Nam.
The families of Mrs. Nam and Mrs. An are two of many households affected by the construction of piles to build the embankment of Phu Dinh wharf, causing their houses to crack and sink, making people extremely worried.
43 cases affected, how to compensate?
Mr. Tran Ngoc Thuan, Chairman of Ward 16 People's Committee, District 8, said that the entire Phu Dinh embankment is over 2,600 m long. During the construction process, the local government recorded 43 affected cases.
Of these, the contractor has compensated and paid 26 affected households, leaving 17. Regarding the plan to continue paying, before September 2, it will pay 6 households, before September 15, it will pay 9 households.
Phu Dinh wharf embankment is under construction.
The remaining 2 households, specifically Mrs. Nam's household, are undergoing the second inspection by the contractor. It is expected that when the competent authority completes the inspection, compensation and payment will be made before September 20.
To protect the legitimate rights of the people, specifically Mrs. An's household, recently, the local government has worked and agreed with the contractor and investor to come up with 3 options.
First, the contractor will undertake to repair the entire house at 52 Phu Dinh. Second, the homeowner can hire an independent unit with the function of inspection and estimate the repair, then the contractor will agree on the repair value provided by the independent inspection. Third, the contractor will negotiate with the homeowner to support with money and the family will repair by themselves.
According to Mr. Thuan, the contractor recently had an estimate and a written commitment of about 300 million VND for Ms. An's family to repair themselves. "In case of force majeure, the homeowner feels that their rights are not guaranteed, they can sue in court. Whatever the court decides, the contractor will comply with the court's decision," said Mr. Thuan.
Mr. Thuan said that this is a key project of Ho Chi Minh City in the urgent phase, so the contractor is urgently constructing the project according to the prescribed schedule, with the construction item to be completed before December 31, 2023. Failure to complete the construction on schedule will greatly affect many aspects. "Currently, other locations on the Phu Dinh embankment have been completed except for 50 meters in front of house 52 Phu Dinh. This area is low, during the high tide month (lunar October onwards), water from the sewers rises and causes flooding," said Mr. Thuan.
Regarding the residents' feedback about their houses being affected by the pile driving for the construction of the Phu Dinh wharf embankment, according to the phone number listed on the project information sign located on Phu Dinh Street, we called the director of the Ho Chi Minh City water environment improvement project phase 2. However, after many times of contacting by phone to discuss, the director said he was in a meeting, so there was no information from this unit.
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