Gyeongsan-si Aplyang-eup Baekan and Geumgu Villages Escape 'Chronic Flooding Area' Status

Selected for the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Drainage Improvement Project... Secured 14 Billion KRW in Full National Funding

Flooding scene in the village area of Aplyang-eup, Gyeongsan-si.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Dongwook Park] Gyeongsan City, Gyeongsangbuk-do announced on the 13th that it has been selected as a basic survey target site for the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs' '2020 Drainage Improvement Project' and will receive full national funding of 14 billion KRW for the project.

The Ministry of Agriculture's 'Drainage Improvement Project' is a project to construct disaster prevention facilities related to drainage, such as drainage channels and pumping stations, to facilitate drainage in farmland areas that are habitually flooded.

Accordingly, Gyeongsan City will establish a basic plan by the end of next year, including on-site surveys and preparation of the basic plan by the Ministry of Agriculture, focusing on the villages in Baekan and Geumgu-ri, Apnyang-eup, which are habitual flood-prone areas during heavy rains. Then, by around June 2022, the final detailed design plan will be prepared, and by June 2023, the city plans to complete the maintenance of two pumping stations and 2.7 km of drainage channels.

Through this Baekan district drainage improvement project, it is expected that 67 hectares of farmland will benefit, including Baekan district (benefit area 49 ha) and Geumgu district (benefit area 18 ha).

Choi Young-jo, Mayor of Gyeongsan City, emphasized, "We will make every effort to promote the project so that Gyeongsan City becomes a safe place from disasters and increases the income of local residents through annual maintenance of agricultural infrastructure."

Meanwhile, Gyeongsan City is investing 762.6 million KRW in maintenance of 18 disaster-prone and aging reservoirs this year (national funding 2.438 billion KRW, provincial funding 1.53 billion KRW, city funding 3.685 billion KRW), and 4.635 billion KRW in maintenance of drainage channels and farm roads at 61 sites (provincial funding 655 million KRW, city funding 3.98 billion KRW), promoting agricultural infrastructure maintenance projects.

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