Massive mudslide in Shenzhen

[Randy W]

Ninety-one still missing after massive mudslide buries buildings in Shenzhen

Twenty-two buildings buried in landslide on Sunday morning. People in the area blame dumping of construction waste

 

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WATCH: Workers run as buildings come down around them amid Shenzhen landslide

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Residents suggested that illegal dumping of construction waste, which they said had been rife over the last few years, could have been a factor.

 

The owner of a drinks company in the zone said mud had been dumped repeatedly next to the industrial park over the past two years.

 

“Residents have complained about the problem for a long time, but it has not been resolved,” the company owner told the South China Morning Post.

 

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Wang Zhenxin, former chief engineer with the Shanghai Metro Construction Corporation, said the disaster was the result of instability in the mud pile.

 

“The landslide is not from a natural mountain, but a huge pile of mud,” Wang told the Post. “When one side of the pile is overloaded and the pressure builds up, it pushes the mud on the other side and it spills over.”

 

Wang said such spillover is more likely in south China, where the soil was wetter and less cohesive. Rainfall is not needed to trigger such a spill, he said.

 

The Beijing Youth Daily, quoted a resident as saying loose soil and waste from construction sites had been dumped next to the industrial park over the past two years and piled up against a 100-metre-high hill.

 

[tsap seui]

Ah, let me get this straight, somebody thought it was okay to build a mountain (over 900 feet tall) of wet mud, close to buildings that housed people? What genius gave the okay to this plan? Was his name, Steve Harvey?...the guy who put the Miss Universe crown on the wrong woman, last night, for a full two minutes.

 

All this time, here I thought the Chinese official's dastardly plan to dash out folk's dreams of a "home with a view" was done simply by putting up row upon row of many more buildings

to block out their views. . Now we find they also build very tall loose mud mountains to achieve the "view" blockage.

 

Somebody should be shot. And they probably will.

Edited December 21, 2015 by tsap seui (see edit history)

[Randy W]

We have a candidate!

Shenzhen landslide waste dump had been ordered to close over safety fears, documents reveal as search continues for 91 missing

The authorities told to stop operating and improve safety in July, but residents say it was not forced to shut down and huge dump grew larger

 

The Hongao Construction Waste Dump was given approval in February last year to operate for 12 months, according to the documents.

 

Inspectors found in July that it was still in operation and was not following agreed plans for safety and maintenance at the site.

 

Edited December 21, 2015 by Randy W (see edit history)

[tsap seui]

One of these dayz some of those Chinese folks in power (to take bribes hand over fist) are gonna learn that greed does NOT pay. But, I reckon they will get the trusty ol' bullet in the back of the head before they learn the lesson.

 

I really do like China and it's people (even got into trouble on another board for taking up for China) but I do not understand the continued fuck thy neighbor attitude that so many officials have.

[Randy W]

One guy didn't wait!

 

Shenzhen landslide aftermath: Official who rubber-stamped waste dump that triggered disaster takes his own life

Death is among a string of suicides which have followed unnatural disasters.

 

UPDATE on Shenzhen landslide: A Chinese government official who approved a construction waste dump that triggered the massive landslide in Shenzhen last week has taken his life, state media reported. The death echoes the suicide of a Tianjin official in the aftermath of devastating blasts in the city's port in August.

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The man was identified as Xu Yuanan, the director of Shenzhen Guangming New District Urban Management Bureau.