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Residents angry over chronic subsidence
By Shen Liang |
January 16, 2009, Friday
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TWO building complexes in Zhabei District are subsiding due to a nearby construction project.
Nearly 100 homes have been severely affected, suffering cracked walls, falling masonry and broken pipes.
Residents of the complexes on Gongxing Road have held a meeting to discuss the problem.
"We want to be relocated while our homes are repaired by the developers," said Lu Guodong, an official with the neighborhood committee.
Some residents have been hit by falling pieces of masonry. Water and gas has leaked several times from broken pipes, according to residents.
"We can feel the building shaking day and night," said a resident surnamed Liu. "Many people, elderly people in particular, have suffered insomnia."
A report by the Shanghai Research Institute of Building Sciences on December 29 last year showed the size of some of the cracks in the walls and the depth of the subsidence had passed "alert" levels.
The neighborhood committee has reported the case several times to the authorities and 18 meetings have been held between residents, the real estate developer and the community office, but no consensus has been reached.
The developer, Shanghai Dingfeng Property Development Co, has made some repairs to the buildings, but residents said the measures had little effect as the situation keeps getting worse.
Geng Hongbin, the company's project manager, said the firm would consider residents' suggestions but said the recent report didn't show any need for residents to be moved out of their homes.
Nearly 100 homes have been severely affected, suffering cracked walls, falling masonry and broken pipes.
Residents of the complexes on Gongxing Road have held a meeting to discuss the problem.
"We want to be relocated while our homes are repaired by the developers," said Lu Guodong, an official with the neighborhood committee.
Some residents have been hit by falling pieces of masonry. Water and gas has leaked several times from broken pipes, according to residents.
"We can feel the building shaking day and night," said a resident surnamed Liu. "Many people, elderly people in particular, have suffered insomnia."
A report by the Shanghai Research Institute of Building Sciences on December 29 last year showed the size of some of the cracks in the walls and the depth of the subsidence had passed "alert" levels.
The neighborhood committee has reported the case several times to the authorities and 18 meetings have been held between residents, the real estate developer and the community office, but no consensus has been reached.
The developer, Shanghai Dingfeng Property Development Co, has made some repairs to the buildings, but residents said the measures had little effect as the situation keeps getting worse.
Geng Hongbin, the company's project manager, said the firm would consider residents' suggestions but said the recent report didn't show any need for residents to be moved out of their homes.
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