Jeonnam Province Officials Sweat It Out Supporting Flood Recovery, Sacrificing Holidays

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] Public officials affiliated with Jeonnam Province have given up the Liberation Day holiday and actively engaged in flood damage recovery support.

According to Jeonnam Province on the 17th, more than 500 provincial government officials, including Governor Kim Young-rok, visited Gokseong, which suffered severe damage from heavy rain, from the 15th to this day to carry out flood recovery activities.

Despite the Liberation Day holiday, which extended to the temporary holiday, they voluntarily participated with the intention of helping residents who were distressed by the flood to recover their daily lives as soon as possible and overcome the situation together.

In particular, Governor Kim immediately moved to Gokseong after the 75th Liberation Day celebration on the 15th and participated in recovery activities, demonstrating a leading example.

The public officials worked hard on village maintenance tasks, such as removing and washing household goods and utensils from flooded houses and clearing soil and waste accumulated in vinyl greenhouses, even under the heatwave.

One public official said, "Although several days have passed since the flood, there still seem to be many places in need of help when I came to the site," and added, "I hope continuous support from all over the country will continue so that the affected residents can have hope and stand up again."

Governor Kim said, "The wounds of the flood victims are too great, and the employees are actively participating in on-site recovery activities, forgetting the holiday," and added, "We will do our best to support damage recovery so that residents can regain their livelihoods as soon as possible."

Meanwhile, Jeonnam Province recently conducted emergency recovery activities from the 10th to the 14th, deploying more than 4,000 public officials, along with military units, police, firefighters, and about 17,000 volunteers, focusing on Gurye, Gokseong, and Damyang areas, which suffered severe damage from record-breaking heavy rain exceeding 600mm.

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