Only with the naked eye can one see that the steel reinforcement of two staircases in the dormitory managed by the University of Commerce (Cau Giay district, Hanoi) is heavily rusted and could collapse.
Many areas in the building have high potential for fire and explosion. Residents living here said that over time, cracks in the house appear more and more.
Talking to Tien Phong, Mr. Nguyen Tuan Anh, Vice Chairman of Mai Dich Ward People’s Committee, said that the E1 dormitory block was built a long time ago, is still under the management of the University of Commerce and has not yet been handed over to Tien Phong. district and ward management.
Meanwhile, sharing with Tien Phong, a representative of the University of Commerce said that the nature of the E1 dormitory was originally the school’s cafeteria. After that, the school lent it to officials and teachers for temporary housing. Therefore, the rooms were converted into apartments. Up to now, only a few people who were lent accommodation by the University of Commerce still live in the dormitory area, the rest mainly sublet apartments. Also according to the representative of Thuongmai University, the school currently has no plans to renovate the building due to a number of subjective and objective difficulties. At the same time, after many decades, “reclaiming” the house for renovation faces many challenges…
According to the Ministry of Construction, in Hanoi, in 2020, the whole city has 1,579 old apartments, most of which were built in the period 1960 to 1992. But in the past 20 years, only about 1.14% of the total renovation has been completed. More than 1,500 old apartments and dormitories need to be repaired, renovated and renewed.
Over time, due to lack of regular maintenance, the urban infrastructure system is damaged, causing many old apartments to continue to seriously degrade, some are seriously damaged, jeopardizing the technical safety of the structure. . According to statistics, a total of 401 old apartment buildings have been inspected, 80 dangerous old apartment buildings are at level D (the most dangerous level), but the city has just implemented 32 old apartment renovation projects with 18 completed projects; Of which, 2 projects have been put into use, 14 projects are being implemented.
Lap Dong