Gwangju City Provides Bottled Water Support to Gwangsan and Buk-gu Designated as Special Disaster Areas

Gwangju City Hall

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Gwangju Metropolitan City announced on the 27th that it urgently supplied bottled water to Gwangsan-gu and Buk-gu, which were designated as special disaster areas on the 24th.

The support targets were 285 households of socially vulnerable groups (home health care recipients), including elderly living alone aged 65 or older and elderly couples in the neighborhoods with significant damage within the two autonomous districts.

By residence, there were 178 households in Donggok-dong and Imgok-dong of Gwangsan-gu, and 107 households in Geon-guk-dong and Seokgok-dong of Buk-gu.

A total of 3,420 bottles of 2-liter bottled water, 12 bottles per household, were supplied to these households.

Gwangju City plans to continue checking on the vulnerable elderly who mainly stay indoors due to the ongoing natural disasters such as social distancing level 2 measures, heatwaves, and floods, and to prepare and implement measures to overcome these difficult times together.

Mayor Lee Yong-seop said, “During difficult times, attention and help for socially vulnerable groups are necessary,” and added, “We will provide customized support so that the elderly can overcome the suffering caused by the flood damage and restore their daily lives as soon as possible.”

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