Thanh Xuan District admits mini apartment building 'on crutches' built beyond floors

On the evening of April 10, Deputy Chief of Office of Thanh Xuan District People's Committee Nguyen Anh Chien signed and issued a document answering questions from the press about the contents related to the mini apartment building (commonly known as multi-apartment buildings) "on crutches" at No. 22, Alley 236/17 Khuong Dinh (Ha Dinh Ward).

Chung cư mini — Mini apartment building "on crutches" was built with 8 floors, many floors higher than the license

Previously, on March 28, at the press conference to inform about the socio-economic situation in the first quarter of 2024, the press asked the People's Committee of Thanh Xuan District to inform about the inspection results of the "crutch" mini apartment building, and at the same time asked the local authorities to let them know how many floors this mini apartment building was licensed to build, and whether it violated construction order or not? If there was a violation, would Thanh Xuan District "cut off" that violating part?

However, the representative of Thanh Xuan District People's Committee only responded about the developments of the incident and the actions of the authorities after evacuating 57 households from the "crutches" mini apartment building without talking about the content related to the construction permit, the viewpoint of handling violations for the unlicensed items.

Seeing that the answer from the representative of Thanh Xuan District People's Committee was not satisfactory, the press continued to ask about the construction permit. At this time, Mr. Truong Viet Dung, Chief of Office of Hanoi People's Committee, requested Thanh Xuan District People's Committee to provide full information as requested by the press before April 10.

The document signed by Mr. Chien above shows that the appraisal work is being carried out by relevant agencies and has not yet had results.

Regarding the construction permit, according to Thanh Xuan District, the mini apartment building "on crutches" was granted construction permit No. 315-2016/GPXD by Thanh Xuan District People's Committee on June 24, 2016 with a scale of 6 floors including a mezzanine and a technical elevator shaft and construction permit No. 673-2016/GPXD on September 16, 2016 with a scale of 5 floors including a mezzanine and a technical elevator shaft.

"The current status of the project is an 8-storey building with an elevator shaft. The above project is among the projects that Thanh Xuan District has reported to the inspection team according to the decision of the Standing Committee of the Hanoi Party Committee," the document stated.

It can be seen that the content of the written response to the press by the People's Committee of Thanh Xuan District admitted that the mini apartment building "used crutches" to build extra floors. However, this locality did not mention whether or not it would "cut off the top" of the part that violated construction order in the near future.

Previously, on February 24, many households living in the 8-storey mini apartment building at No. 22, Alley 236/17 Khuong Dinh had to move their belongings elsewhere, because many concrete columns and beams in the basement of the building were cracked. This mini apartment building has nearly 60 apartments, which have been sold by the investor to households for use since 2017.

At the time the residents had to evacuate, some concrete and steel columns on the first floor of the apartment building had cracked. To support the building, a system of iron scaffolding was erected around the base of the cracked columns.

Regarding the incident of the mini apartment building "on crutches", the Hanoi People's Committee requested the Thanh Xuan District People's Committee to clearly identify the cause of the cracking of beams and columns of this mini apartment building, and at the same time request to handle the responsibility of related organizations and individuals.

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