Çankaya Municipality Sealed 2 Thousand Elevators

In the inspections conducted in 2016, Çankaya Municipality sealed 2 thousand elevators as risky.

Çankaya Municipality continues its elevator inspections in accordance with the Elevator Operation Maintenance and Periodic Control Regulation. Çankaya Municipality, which established the Elevator Coordination Unit within the Zoning Directorate within the framework of this regulation, continues its elevator inspections in cooperation with MMO. In the inspections, the status of the elevators is indicated by attaching a red label (dangerous-cannot be used), yellow (should not be used-unsafe), blue (usable-slightly defective) or green (usable-safe) label. The municipality, which conducted elevator inspections in nearly three thousand buildings in 2016, sealed 2,510 elevators found to be defective. The seals of 844 elevators that made arrangements within the given period were removed and they were allowed to be used.

Municipality officials warned that apartment managers and managements should be sensitive and sensitive about elevator safety.

Source: Hürriyet Newspaper, February 10, 2017