By Qian Jing
A few days ago, the installation of elevators in Xinbei Community of Jiangwan Town Sub-district and Lane 411 Community of Kuizhao Road started successively, which realized the elevator dream of residents.
"I once moved to Songnan from here just to live in an apartment with an elevator. Today, I saw the elevator work started in person, so I will move back when it is finished!" On July 13, the first elevator installation project at No. 6, Lane 10, Xinbei Community, Jiangwan Town Sub-district was officially started, and an old man looked very excited.
In fact, he was one of the owners of the building. He came back in purpose to witness the commencement ceremony that day. Seeing that the "elevator dream" was about to become a reality, the old man was as full of expectations as the residents in the building.
Xinbei Community, built in the 1980s, is an old community with a high degree of aging. At the beginning of planning and construction, the designers did not consider the need of installing elevators.
Nowadays, as the residents of the community grow older, it is very inconvenient for the elderly residents to go upstairs and downstairs, which affects the life quality greatly. Therefore, the installation of elevators has become their biggest wish. Elevators can not only solve the travel problem of the elderly living in a building without an elevator, but also make home-based elderly care more comfortable.
"The installation of elevators must be understood by the residents on the lower and higher floors. Some residents on the lower floors think that they cannot enjoy the benefits of elevators, and adding elevators may even affect lighting, so they will refuse to add elevators. However, such contradictions did not occur on the community at No. 6, Lane 10. Residents in our building are very united, especially the residents on the lower floors are very reasonable", said Chen Qiao, Party Chief of General Party Branch of Xinbei Residential Area.
On July 8, the construction of the first elevator in the community of Lane 411, Kuizhao Road was also started. Qi Xinghua, Party Chief of General Party Branch of Kuizhao Residential Area, told that the community was built in 1996. The elevator installation project would benefit 18 households in Building 6, of which residents at the age of over 60 years accounted for a half.
The construction of two elevators in succession has made other residents with the "elevator dream" very excited. An official of Jiangwan Town Sub-district said that he hoped to continuously promote the installation of elevators and constantly expand new ideas for the installation of elevators under the guidance of the Party construction and on the premise of doing a good job in pandemic prevention and control, so as to let more elders living in mid-air go out of their homes, so as to create and share a better life in the new era.