But it still doesn't work! When can these 500 households in Chongming bid farewell to steel cylinders?, The gas pipeline has all been discharged to the doorstep of the community | pipeline | residents
"Sometimes, halfway through a shower, the gas suddenly runs out, which is really inconvenient!" "I don't have gas to cook, and I have to make a phone call to deliver it every other day. It's really urgent!" "I'm already 80 years old, where can I still carry a steel cylinder?"... For the 500 households in Fengwei 3, 4, and 5 villages in Chongming District, it's their "long cherished wish" to use pipeline natural gas as soon as possible and no longer rely on bottled liquefied gas after living in the community for six or seven years. ".
Moreover, in the eyes of residents in the community, access to gas pipelines is already within reach: gas pipelines have been reserved at home in the community; Outside the community, the gas main pipeline has already been installed at the entrance of the community. Just lay another section of underground pipeline to connect the pipes inside and outside the community, and residents can have access to air. However, it is the "effortless effort" mentioned by residents that has yet to be implemented.
Recently, several accidents caused by liquefied gas cylinders have made many residents in Shanghai who still use bottled liquefied gas have a strong desire for "bottle to tube" conversion. The residents of Fengwei Village 3, 4, and 5 want to know when they can bid farewell to steel cylinders?
As soon as the cabinet door opens, a smell of gas rushes out
Fengwei Village 3, 4, and 5 are located at the intersection of the north side road and Linfeng Road in Chongming District. The west side is adjacent to Dongping National Forest Park. Residents claim that this was originally the location of Dongfeng Farm, and the community is the old resettlement housing of the farm, commonly known as "after-sales public housing". Most of the residents inside are former farm workers.
Entering the residential area from the north along the highway, it can be seen that the three residential areas are actually connected together, with a narrow north-south distribution along the Linfeng Highway. On both sides of the main north-south passage, the houses are noticeably different: on the left side is a 4-story white building, while on the right side is a yellow 5-story building. Resident Dong told reporters that the yellow house is much newer. It was built around 2013 and moved in in 2015, with a total of 17 buildings and 500 households. Due to being built relatively late, our batch of houses were pre installed with gas pipelines for ventilation when conditions were ripe, and the construction party promised to provide ventilation. However, Mr. Dong said that he has been in the building for 7 years and ventilation is still far away.
The picture shows Fengwei Village 3, 4, and 5. The yellow house on the left side of the picture was built around 2013 and moved in in 2015. There are a total of 17 buildings with 500 households in front and behind. Due to being built relatively late, these houses were pre installed with gas pipelines during construction, and residents had a strong desire for ventilation.
Without pipeline gas, bottled liquefied gas is the main source of energy for residents. Mr. Yi, a resident of Building 31, is a user of bottled liquefied gas. He told reporters that there is a bottled liquefied gas station 3 kilometers away from the community. "In the past few years, residents rode electric bicycles to deliver empty steel cylinders to gas stations and then brought back filled ones. In the past two years, they have finally been willing to deliver them to their homes. He said that one bottle of gas is good for daily use, and when it is almost used up, they have to call" 96877 "to request gas delivery. The filled steel cylinders are usually delivered the next day for 113 yuan per bottle. An additional 5 yuan will be added when delivered to the residential area, and an additional amount of money will be added when delivered upstairs.". "But sometimes it's hard to be so accurate. It's common to suddenly lose breath while cooking or taking a shower. It's like using it very quickly in summer, where a bottle of gas can't last for a month, so it's hard to predict when it'll run out one day!"
Besides the inconvenience caused by a sudden "gas outage", moving a steel cylinder weighing up to 15 kilograms is not an easy task. "Moving into the house, bending down to connect the valve, and then pushing the stove and cabinet, this action cannot be completed without a bit of strength," Mr. Yi said. "There are many elderly people in the community, and changing steel cylinders is a big challenge for them.".
More importantly, the safety concerns brought by steel cylinders cannot be ignored. Mr. Yi led the reporter into the house and opened the cabinet door under the stove, revealing the liquefied gas cylinder inside. When the cabinet door opened, a smell of gas rushed out. The reporter reminded him of some gas leaks, and he explained repeatedly, "The pipes have not been replaced for several years. According to the requirements, they need to be replaced once a year, but if they can burn normally, they are too lazy to replace them." Neighbors next to him reminded him of gas safety, as there was a gas explosion caused by a steel cylinder leak in the community. After hearing this, Mr. Yi quickly said, "It needs to be replaced!"
The picture shows the bottled liquefied gas placed under the stove in Mr. Yi's home. When Mr. Yi opened the cabinet door to display, a smell of gas rushed out.
During the Flower Expo, the pipeline was laid to the entrance of the community
After a gas explosion, many residents in the community switched to electricity for cooking and bathing. On the third floor of Building 30, at Mr. Dong's house, there is an induction cooker on the stove, with meat soup simmering in the pot. "It's okay to cook, but it's a bit inconvenient to take a shower," he pointed to a kitchen appliance installed in the bathroom, saying that water is always hot and cold in winter, and there's no gas water heater that works as well. For many years, the residents of Fengwei Village 3, 4, and 5 have been eager to use pipeline gas as soon as possible, especially the 500 households in the yellow building with pre installed gas pipelines.
Mr. Dong installed a kitchen appliance for bathing at his home, but he said that the water is always hot and cold in winter, and there is no gas water heater that works as well.
So, where is the obstruction of pipeline ventilation? Let's take a look at the community first: taking Building 30, where Mr. Dong lives, as an example, from the window opening of the residents on the ground floor, you can see a small section of gas pipe sprayed with yellow paint hanging on the wall. The lower end of the pipe is firmly blocked, and the top enters the corridor, then extends upwards along the corner of the staircase wall. Not only are there vertical pipes up and down in the hallway, but pipes are also laid into the homes of residents. Mr. Dong opened the upper cabinet of the kitchen room, pointed to the hole reserved on one side of the cabinet board, and prompted the reporter to look inside to see the temporarily blocked gas pipeline. The reporter then inspected multiple buildings and found that most of the yellow residential buildings have reserved gas pipelines inside the buildings, and they are all in good condition.
The yellow pipeline on the diagram represents the reserved gas pipeline, with the lower end currently sealed and the upper end extending upwards into the hallway.
Mr. Dong has reserved holes on the cabinet board of the upper kitchen cabinet in his home, where metal gas pipes can be seen.
Looking outside the community again: Walk back and forth along the Linfeng Road on the west side of the community. Every ten to twenty meters in the roadside green belt, there is a warning sign post that reads "There is a gas pipeline below, excavation is strictly prohibited", with the signature "Shanghai Gas Chongming Co., Ltd.". The nearest warning post is only ten meters away from the community wall, just within reach.
Residents of the community told reporters that when they first moved into Fengwei Village 3, 4, and 5 in 2015, they called for the early opening of gas pipelines, but the relevant departments refused on the grounds that there was no main gas pipeline outside the community and no gas source. In the process of hard waiting, the construction of the Flower Expo has finally brought gas to the community. According to an approval on the Chongming District Government website, in 2019, the Chongming District Construction and Management Commission took into account the gas needs of residents in the surrounding areas when approving the construction of a 34 kilometer gas pipeline project for the Flower Expo. Among the gas pipelines laid, there are 1.7 kilometers below the Linfeng Road, which is currently the pipeline below the warning signs. The reporter confirmed with the Chongming District Construction Management Committee that in order to facilitate the use of gas by residents, an interface has been reserved on the pipeline to connect with the community pipeline.
In the roadside green belt of the forest wind road on the west side of the community, there is a warning sign post with the words "There is a gas pipeline below, excavation is strictly prohibited" erected every ten to twenty meters.
What's the difference between the main pipeline outside and the pipeline inside the building? The nameplate of Fengwei's three, four, and five village buildings shows that the construction unit is "Guangming Food Group Shanghai Yangtze River Corporation". The reporter also learned from Guangming Group that although there was a reserved indoor pipeline in the building during the construction of the community, there was no need for ventilation at that time and it was uncertain how to connect with the main pipeline in the future, so there was no supporting construction of the internal underground pipeline network in the community. That is to say, in order to connect the pipelines on both sides, there is still a gap of "one breath" in the middle, which is also the reason why the community still cannot be ventilated after almost two years of the Flower Expo.
The nameplate of the three, four, and five village buildings in Fengwei shows that the construction unit is "Guangming Food Group Shanghai Changjiang General Company".
Who should make up for this "one breath"?
In the suburban areas of Shanghai, due to loose living conditions and difficulty in covering gas sources, the use of bottled gas is common. Only in Chongming, out of 312000 gas users, over 210000 are still using bottled liquefied gas, ranking among the top in various districts. Compared to pipeline gas, bottled liquefied gas has more accessories, higher maintenance costs, and a higher probability of safety hazards. In the recent major inspection conducted in Chongming District, more than 1000 related safety hazards were discovered. On the ground floor of Building 6 in Fengwei 4 Village on the north side of the community, a house has no furniture and all windows are missing. Nearby residents claim to be the one who experienced an explosion a few years ago, constantly reminding residents of the importance of gas safety. Therefore, currently, Shencheng is accelerating the "bottle to pipe" transformation in areas with conditions, so that residents who still use bottled liquefied gas can use pipeline gas as soon as possible.
On the ground floor of Building 6 in Fengwei Village on the north side of the community, there is a house with no furniture and no windows. Nearby residents claim that it is the same household that experienced a gas explosion a few years ago.
After residents complained and sought help through "12345", the response from the relevant department was that the supporting facilities during the construction of the community were not in place and did not have the conditions for ventilation. But the 500 households in Fengwei Village 3, 4, and 5 believe that getting them to use pipeline gas should be a piece of cake. Who should handle this simple task?
The reporter first called Shanghai Gas Chongming Company. A staff member from the marketing department introduced that the missing section of the pipeline in Fengwei Village 3, 4, and 5 belongs to residential supporting facilities, and who is responsible depends on the situation. Generally speaking, when constructing residential facilities in new residential areas, the developer invests and after signing a supporting contract with the gas company, the gas company is responsible for the construction; When old residential areas are facing renovation, if conditions are ripe, government finance or special funds can be invested, and then gas companies can be responsible for constructing supporting pipelines. As for the vertical pipes in the building, the staff said that they can be put into use after testing and eliminating corrosion, air leakage, and pressure reduction.
The reporter turned to the Chongming District Construction Management Committee to understand that the relevant person in charge believes that the lack of gas pipeline network within the community is a construction defect, and it should be the responsibility of the developer to make up for the construction; However, the person in charge of the Chongming Farm Old House Renovation Management Center, a subsidiary of Guangming Group, stated that the yellow houses in villages 3, 4, and 5 of Fengwei had already paid a supporting fee of 430 yuan per square meter during construction and had already been completed and delivered. Therefore, the government should take the lead in promoting them. In response, the Chongming District Construction and Management Commission also explained that the 430 yuan per square meter supporting fee is used for supporting facilities such as roads, water, electricity, and gas outside the red line of the community, and the internal supporting facilities of the community are still the responsibility of the developer. The Chongming District Construction and Management Commission further explained that in the current promotion of "bottle to pipe", the city is studying how to operate some old residential areas that developers cannot find, and the implementation of relevant policies and supporting funds. But for the communities that the developers are clearly still in existence, it is still necessary to promote the developers to make up for the missing community facilities.
Both sides pushed and pushed, and the residents of Fengwei Village 3, 4, and 5 hoped that the government and state-owned enterprises could sit down and discuss carefully, come up with a clear statement as soon as possible, and use the current opportunity of "bottle to pipe" to completely solve the problem of ventilation.
