Dobong-gu Implements '2020 Lunar New Year Comprehensive Measures' for a Safe and Comfortable Holiday

From the 20th to the 28th, 'Seollal Comprehensive Measures' for Sharing, Safety, Traffic, and Public Service will be implemented... Operation of Sectoral Situation Rooms such as Traffic Measures, Emergency Medical Care, and Comprehensive Cleaning Situation Room

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Dobong-gu (Mayor Dongjin Lee) is implementing the ‘2020 Lunar New Year Comprehensive Measures’ until the 28th, the end of the holiday, to minimize inconveniences directly related to residents' lives and ensure a safe and comfortable Lunar New Year.

The ‘2020 Lunar New Year Comprehensive Measures’ cover six areas: △Warm holiday celebrations △Safety measures △Traffic measures △Price stabilization measures △Resident life measures △Establishment of public service discipline. A comprehensive situation room and functional task forces will be operated to prepare for various emergencies.

The Lunar New Year comprehensive situation room will operate 24 hours a day from the 23rd, when the holiday officially begins, until the 28th to minimize resident inconveniences and promptly respond to various urgent civil complaints.

This year’s Lunar New Year measures strengthen consideration for marginalized groups, including expanding the scale of holiday consolation payments for basic livelihood security households.

Additionally, consolation payments will be provided for low-income veterans’ families and single-parent families, and meal support will be given to children at risk of food insecurity.

Dobong-gu is also strengthening safety measures. Safety inspections have been completed for traditional markets and large stores frequently used by residents during the holiday, as well as focused inspections on businesses handling seasonal food products (rice cakes, livestock products, edible oils, etc.). When a cold wave advisory is issued, a cold wave countermeasure comprehensive situation room will be activated, and snow removal personnel will be organized to carry out snow removal work during snowfall.

As a traffic measure, on the Lunar New Year’s Day, the 25th, and the following day, the 26th, the last bus times for village buses (three companies: Ssangmun, Jinyang, Cheongnok) will be extended. The Safe Return Home Service (a policy that allows women, elderly, and others to request the bus to stop at places other than bus stops on side roads after 10 p.m.) will be applied to operate a late-night arrival passenger transfer system.

To prepare for medical service gaps that may occur during the long holiday, an emergency medical situation room will be set up at the health center from the 24th to the 27th. One emergency medical institution, 19 on-duty medical institutions, and 43 holiday pharmacies will be designated and operated to maintain an emergency medical system.

In particular, on the Lunar New Year’s Day, the 25th, the third-floor clinic of the health center will be open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., operating a medical team composed of one doctor, one nurse, one administrative staff, and one driver to prepare for emergencies.

During the Lunar New Year holiday, due to the cleaning contractors’ days off, household waste and recyclables will not be collected from the 24th to the 26th, and food waste will not be collected from the 25th to the 27th.

Accordingly, the district will operate a comprehensive cleaning situation room for four days from the 24th to the 27th and conduct special duties for street cleaners around five stations in the area. After the holiday, starting on the 28th, all cleaning personnel and equipment will be mobilized to collect the accumulated waste during the holiday period.

Mayor Dongjin Lee of Dobong-gu said, “To minimize inconveniences for residents during the Lunar New Year, we have prepared ‘Lunar New Year Comprehensive Measures’ by sector and are operating a comprehensive situation room. We hope residents have a comfortable and joyful holiday with their families during the Lunar New Year period.”

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