Shijingshan, Xicheng and Chaoyang were comprehensively investigated and managed, and the public telephone booths that hindered the matter were demolished and 414 abandoned telephone booths were demolished in Shijingshan District

　　"In late January, I was passing through the street and found that the phone booths on the sidewalk were gone, and the road was much smoother." Mr. Zhang, who lives in the Yongle Community of Shijingshan, recently gave feedback to this newspaper that an abandoned telephone booth blocking the sidewalk near his home has finally been demolished, and it is much more convenient for residents to travel.

　　On January 12, this newspaper published a report entitled "These Abandoned Public Telephone Booths Should Be Demolished," reflecting that in individual sections of Shijingshan District, Xicheng District and Chaoyang District, the public telephone booths on the side of the road were abandoned or damaged. In view of the problem points involved in the report, the relevant departments of the territory will handle the lawsuit as soon as they receive it, and immediately send someone to conduct on-site verification and demolition and repair. Not only that, but the districts involved have also taken a comprehensive look at the problem phone booths in their jurisdictions.

<h1>Shijingshan District</h1>

<h1>Demolition of 414 abandoned telephone booths</h1>

　　"This phone booth has been included in the scope of the whole district and has been demolished." A relevant person in charge of the Shijingshan District Urban Management Committee recently replied to reporters that after the telephone booth was demolished, the square bricks of the trail were also laid on the ground to facilitate pedestrian travel. "The Yongle Community where this phone booth is located is under the jurisdiction of the Babaoshan Subdistrict Office." Sheng Qiang, deputy section chief of the Urban Management Office of the Babaoshan Subdistrict Office, who is in charge of this work, said: "After on-site verification, the installation of telephone booths on the sidewalk does affect pedestrian traffic, and pedestrians must turn sideways or take a detour when passing through here." ”

　　In addition to this telephone booth, there are several public telephone booths on the north-south road on the west side of Building 55 in Yongle Community and on both sides of the east-west road on the south side, which were also demolished. "These phone booths were indeed convenient for citizens when mobile phones were not yet widespread, but now few people use them." Sheng Qiang said that these phones have not been powered on for a long time, and they are dusty, the appearance is damaged, and even the handsets of some telephone sets are missing and cannot be used. "The surrounding residents are very approve of the demolition of the phone booth, and after the demolition, the sidewalk is indeed much easier to walk, and there is no need to worry about bumping it."

　　According to Li Yan, chief of the Municipal Management Section of the Shijingshan Urban Management Committee, in order to create a good cityscape landscape environment, the whole district has mapped out the abandoned telephone booths in the jurisdiction, and found 414 public telephone booths, the ownership unit is Unicom, these telephone booths have been used for more than ten years, there are old, damaged and other problems, seriously affecting the cityscape environment. Therefore, led by the district urban management committee, the coordinated property rights unit Unicom Company demolished 414 telephone booths in the district.

<h1>Xicheng District</h1>

<h1>156 emergency telephone booths are reserved</h1>

　　In a Jan. 12 report, there was also an abandoned public telephone booth on the north side of Nanlishi Road Park in Xicheng District, surrounded by debris. In this regard, Zhang Liang, head of the municipal management section of the Xicheng District Urban Management Committee, was responsible for supervision, and immediately sent someone to the scene to verify and communicate with the property rights unit Unicom Beijing Branch. On January 15, the company demolished the phone booth. "After the phone booth was demolished, the debris piled around also needed to be cleaned up, so we coordinated with the Yuetan Street Office of the territory to find all the debris, and after persuasion, everyone removed the debris, and now this point has been restored to clean and tidy."

　　Zhang Liang said: "The media report is the supervision of our work, and then we cited one example after another, surveyed the existing telephone booths in the whole district, and found 5 abandoned telephone booths and 13 damaged and dirty, and contacted the Beijing branch of China Unicom, and all of them were demolished that month." ”

　　"There are 1,122 public telephone booths in the district." According to reports, Xicheng District set up an inspection team, in the daily process of platooning found that due to the low rate of use, many telephone booths are "missing arms and legs", the surface is rusty, dirty, can not be used normally, some of which are installed on the sidewalk, occupying public space, causing inconvenience. They also often receive complaints from the masses that they want to clean up these abandoned phone booths as soon as possible. "Since 2019, we have demolished 966 of these abandoned phone booths, retaining only 156 of the key points, and strengthened daily maintenance for emergency use in earthquake relief."

　　In addition, the January 12 report also reflected that there was a telephone booth under the overpass next to Building 17 of East Third Ring South Road, with many small advertisements on the outside and traces of blackout. In this regard, the urban management committee of Chaoyang District immediately contacted the responsible personnel of Unicom Company to verify the scene. After on-site inspection, the group of telephones can be used normally, the appearance glass of the telephone booth has been partially blackened, which is caused by the smearing of small advertisements covering, and the current appearance glass cover has been replaced.

Source: Beijing Daily reporter Yang Xiaobin

Process Editor: Dan Guo