Ha Noi authorities say they are determined to wipe out a total
550 deformed and super-slim houses in the city this year.
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Deformed and super skinny houses along Ha Noi’s Dao Tan Street. The city is determined to demolish houses like these as they potentially pose a threat to local people and disfigure the urban environment. (Photo: VNS) |
Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Phi Thai Binh has asked districts
to prepare plans to do this and submit them to city authorities for approval
before April 30.
“With strong instructions from the committee, the city will have no more super-slim
houses by October or not later than the end of this year,” said deputy director
of the Ha Noi Construction Department Nguyen Khac Tho.
houses by October or not later than the end of this year,” said deputy director
of the Ha Noi Construction Department Nguyen Khac Tho.
The
decision to tackle the issue does not concern the tens of thousands of thin
houses that have become a feature of Vietnamese architecture in recent years.
While strange and unappealing to foreign eyes, these buildings have grown from
three to four metre wide village houses.
decision to tackle the issue does not concern the tens of thousands of thin
houses that have become a feature of Vietnamese architecture in recent years.
While strange and unappealing to foreign eyes, these buildings have grown from
three to four metre wide village houses.
The Law on Construction, which became effective in 2004, stipulated that land plots
smaller than 15sq.m should not be built. But many small houses were built in
preceding years, some of them so skinny it is hard to believe people live in
them.
smaller than 15sq.m should not be built. But many small houses were built in
preceding years, some of them so skinny it is hard to believe people live in
them.
To promote the law, the city issued Decision 26 in 2005 on guidelines to eliminate
deformed and super skinny houses - and pay compensation for those destroyed.
decision permitted district People’s Committees to withdraw land plots of under
20sq.m or plots above 20sq.m with odd or deformed shapes. It had the power to
integrate them into a bigger block for public use.
deformed and super skinny houses - and pay compensation for those destroyed.
decision permitted district People’s Committees to withdraw land plots of under
20sq.m or plots above 20sq.m with odd or deformed shapes. It had the power to
integrate them into a bigger block for public use.
However, the decision was not strictly executed. To make matters worse, the number of
super-slim and deformed houses has risen to 553, of which 186 were built after
Decision 26 was issued.
super-slim and deformed houses has risen to 553, of which 186 were built after
Decision 26 was issued.
“The actual figure could be higher,” said Tho. “This proves that district authorities
haven’t done their duty.”
haven’t done their duty.”
The weakness of local construction inspectors and authorities have been given as
reasons for the problem.
reasons for the problem.
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