Chapter 332 Issue 8 (3)
Walking on the village road of Dayan Village in Ningshan County, the natural gas meter boxes are very eye-catching. However, when you open the natural gas meter boxes, you will see that the readings of almost all the natural gas meter boxes in the village are basically zero.
Villager: The natural gas isn't connected. The entire village isn't connected. The equipment has been installed for three or four years, but the gas still hasn't been connected.
Residents of Dayan Village told reporters that they began installing natural gas equipment in 2019, a three-year installation process. The gas company also announced that, for safety reasons, the house must have a suspended ceiling before installation, otherwise gas will not be supplied.
In order to use natural gas as soon as possible, many villagers installed suspended ceilings last year.
Villager: Isn't this our suspended ceiling? We spent 200 yuan on this small kitchen. Last fall, they said they'd deliver air after the ceiling was installed, but it's been a year and they still haven't delivered.
The pipelines and equipment had been installed, so why was there no ventilation? The reporter contacted the village committee of Dayan Village.
[Village Committee Staff: Our village was digging a reservoir at the time. When the excavator arrived, they didn't know where the pipeline was and severed it.]
[Reporter: Is it connected now?]
[Village committee staff: We haven't answered yet.]
Villagers told reporters that in addition to their village, similar situations also occurred in several surrounding villages.
[Villager: The pipe is buried in a bad place, there's no air pressure. It's been installed for a year, and there's still no air flow.]
So, is there no solution to this problem? The reporter then contacted the Xianzhen Town Government, to which Dayan Village belongs.
[Town government staff: After the pipeline was broken, we spent a long time coordinating with the village and the gas company regarding compensation and fees.]
The video ended, and Nian Sisi picked up the microphone and looked at Luo Fan:
"Mayor Luo, the natural gas equipment has been installed, but it hasn't been connected for three years. What do you think about this?"
Luo Fan picked up the microphone and said, "We took a project that was supposed to bring warmth to the people, but ended up causing them distress. I feel very ashamed."
Nian Sisi smiled and stepped aside. Jiang Ningyue picked up the phone and said, "We understand that the three villages haven't had natural gas because of a pipeline problem. Are we just going to leave it alone if there's a pipeline problem? If we can't reach an agreement on compensation, will the villagers of these three villages be left without gas forever?"
"On the surface it's a pipeline problem, but there are actually multiple reasons behind it."
Mayor Luo Fan began, "The local gas company is currently operating at a loss. Therefore, they're unwilling to provide excessive advances or assume excessive responsibility. Following this program, we need to implement comprehensive measures, and the municipal government must shoulder this responsibility. First, we need to negotiate with the oil field company to purchase sufficient natural gas. Second, we need to introduce preferential policies for villagers, so that they can afford gas and pay their bills, which will in turn provide the gas company with funds to operate. Third, we need to coordinate with all parties and deploy professional technicians. This will not only solve the current problem, but also prevent similar incidents from happening again in the future."
Jiang Ningyue nodded slightly. Mayor Luo was quite capable and not the type of official who simply treated the symptoms. "So, Mayor Luo, when will these three villages be officially connected?"
Luo Fan: "Currently, 20% of villages in Huaxing City still lack access to natural gas. The three villages I just mentioned are among them. I believe the problems of these three villages can be resolved within a week. At the same time, we must coordinate resources from the city and county governments to provide natural gas access to the remaining 20% of villages within the next three years."
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Now that the natural gas problem had been solved, Luo Fan even felt a bit relieved. Many people had said that Jiang Ningyue's appearance on "Questioning Haizhou" was unsettling, but now it seemed... well, that was it.
However, what follows is one of the highlights of this episode.
Nian Sisi said, "We've recently received reports from the public that some districts and counties in Huaxing City have illegal mobile refueling trucks and illegal gas stations, posing a serious safety hazard."
[Reporter: Is this diesel or gasoline?]
[Staff: Diesel.]
[Reporter: Do you sell this oil to takeout customers?]
[Staff: Selling, 5 yuan per liter.]
This is an illegal gas station discovered by reporters in the yard of a parking lot in Nankou District, Huaxing City. The reporter saw at the scene that a small gas pump was mounted on the bottom of a tanker truck loaded with diesel and was refueling a truck, adding more than 400 liters at a time.
[Reporter: Isn't anyone investigating this? Aren't there any arrests coming?]
Staff: It's okay, no one's bothered. Add WeChat if you want to cheer us up.
The staff told reporters that refueling here is much cheaper than at a regular gas station. You can drive your car directly to this yard and pay for the gas in this tanker.
The reporter found at the scene that there were also oil tanks or gas pumps in the yards of several nearby companies or parking lots.
Afterwards, the reporter reported the problem to the Nankou District Emergency Management Bureau of Huaxing City.
Emergency Management Bureau staff: If you don't have a license, it's illegal production and operation and needs to be shut down. However, we're not responsible for this; the Market Supervision Bureau is responsible. We only supervise licensed gas stations.
At the same time, our reporters in Xinhe County, Huaxing City, also observed a similar situation. More than a dozen fuel tankers were parked in a parking lot in Xinhe County. Reporters noticed a fuel tanker parked inside a tin shed on the north side of the parking lot, complete with a refueling nozzle.
On-site staff told reporters that the gas station in the tin house is dedicated to gasoline. There is another gas station in the northwest corner of the parking lot that specializes in diesel. A phone number on the wall indicates that the two gas stations are owned by the same owner.
The reporter waited at the scene for more than half an hour and saw more than ten cars refueling there.
[Staff: The gasoline is 95.]
The gas station near the parking lot was poorly equipped and lacked any fire-fighting equipment. Meanwhile, the staff and drivers who were refueling had no sense of safety and were even seen smoking and chatting nearby.
The video ends.
Nian Sisi smiled and looked at Zhong Yuanchang, Director of the Haizhou Provincial Emergency Management Department. "From the video, we can see that this kind of illegal refueling is not an isolated case in Huaxing City. We can also see that someone was even smoking nearby while refueling. Faced with this 'mobile bomb', Director Yuanchang, what are your thoughts?"
Zhong Yuanchang, director of the Emergency Department, slowly picked up the microphone and said, "I felt uneasy watching the video. The operations mentioned in the video are all illegal and extremely dangerous. If something goes wrong, the consequences will be disastrous."
Sun Peisen, secretary of the Huaxing Municipal Party Committee, who was sitting in the audience, looked at Zhong Yuanchang curiously, and then looked at Mr. Liu, the general manager of the Huaxing Branch of the Petroleum Company, who was sitting not far from him.
At this moment, Mr. Liu's face looked a little ugly.
Sun Peisen was very curious. The issues mentioned in the video had nothing to do with the Huaxing Branch of Petroleum, so why was Mr. Liu so nervous?
Could it be that these illegally refueling tankers are inextricably linked to him?
Interesting, interesting!
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