Dazhi evacuees return home to collect belongings
Dazhi evacuees return home to collect belongings
2023-09-12
We turn now to Taipei’s Zhongshan District, where a faulty construction project caused seven apartment buildings to sink underground last week. Five days after the incident, the evacuated residents were finally allowed home to get their belongings. Each household was given just three trips of 20 minutes each, triggering anger from some of the residents. A Taipei councilor is accusing Kee Tai Property Company of pushing ahead with construction, despite red flags raised by a third-party inspector.
An evacuated resident arrives, hauling two large suitcases and a hiking bag.
Supermarket carts roll out, ready for action. Five days after their homes sank into the ground, these Dazhi residents were allowed back in to fetch their belongings.
Resident
It’s mainly my mother’s things. She’s in her 90s, so I’ll get her things first.
The evacuees rush to move in and out of the site. Each household had just three trips of 20 minutes each, accompanied by technicians. Once inside, great care had to be exercised for safety. There wasn’t enough time to gather everything.
Residents
I don’t think we’re being given enough time. For instance, older folk put things in particular places, and perhaps they’re not able to go inside themselves. So we end up going in to help them find what they need, and that takes more time.
Lee Shu-chuan
Taipei deputy mayor
The structures are tilted. People should not spend too much time in such an environment, because they could lose their balance. If too much time in spent inside, there could be discomfort.
Taipei Councilor Liu Tsai-wei was at scene. She furnished a third-party inspection report, showing anomalies in the construction project that caused the collapse. Dated Sept. 1, the report found issues with the project’s inclinometer casings, strain gauge measurements, settlement points, and the starting points of its columns.
Liu Tsai-wei
Taipei councilor (KMT)
The inspector had told Kee Tai Property Company that the report was grim. At 2 in the afternoon before the incident, the warning signs were already quite clear. And despite these glaring red flags, Kee Tai Property Company did nothing.
The councilor said that red flags were ignored by Kee Tai Property Company, which pushed ahead with construction. Meanwhile, the city government is under fire for faulty oversight of construction projects.
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受災戶返家取物 限時20分鐘引發民怨
2023-09-12
基泰大直導致鄰房傾倒，事隔五天，二樓以上的居民終於能回家拿東西，民眾紛紛拿出大袋子、行李箱，努力裝滿家當，連行李箱拉鍊，都拉不起來，就是因為每戶只有3輪各20分鐘，引發民眾抱怨，不過，現在議員在爆料，其實9月1日，工地監測就發現有坍塌危機，甚至開出紅單警示，但建商卻置之不理！
住戶拖著兩個行李箱，背上還背了個大型登山包。
市府更出動超市推車，等了五天，大直街倒塌民宅的二樓以上居民，終於能回家拿東西。
[[住戶]]
“主要是媽媽的，媽媽九十幾歲了，所以先拿她的東西”
瞧瞧每個住戶，走得又快又急，全是因為每戶只能拿20分鐘，總共三次，還要技師陪同，小心翼翼慢慢走，時間根本不夠用。
[[住戶]]
“我覺得還是有點少，像老人家他們自己會收他們自己的東西，那如果他們不方便進去，那變成我們其他人幫他找出來，會花比較長的時間”
[[台北市副市長 李四川]]
“它是傾斜的，所以人在傾斜的這個環境裡面，他也許是不能平衡，待在裡面如果待得太久，那原則上他會不舒服”
台北市議員柳采葳則是趕到現場，秀出第三方檢測廠商儀大開出的監測異常告知單，早在9/1，壁體內傾度管、支撐應變計、建物沉陷點、中間柱起點，全都超過警戒值。
[[台北市議員(國) 柳采葳]]
“儀大是直接跟基泰說，報告的狀況是有點糟，在事發前下午2點鐘的時候，其實我們在這個警示系統上面，也可以清楚的看到，是已經有警示聲響的狀況，那在有警示聲響的狀況，基泰也是沒有任何的作為的狀況”
儀大告知，工地現場也有警示聲響起，基泰卻視而不見，繼續施工釀成大禍，市府有沒有第一時間掌握，恐怕也得向外界說清楚講明白。
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