[Photo] 1,691 Gangnam-gu Office Employees Deployed for Emergency Snow Removal

Gangnam-gu employees are conducting snow removal work on the streets of Sinsa-dong on the evening of the 6th, when heavy snow fell.

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Gangnam-gu (District Mayor Jeong Soon-gyun) mobilized 1,691 public officials to carry out emergency snow removal operations from the evening of the 6th through the morning of the 7th, due to concerns about road icing on the morning commute caused by heavy snowfall and cold waves.

The district additionally deployed 200 sanitation workers for snow removal, utilizing a total of 74 snow removal vehicles and excavators to focus on clearing major arterial roads and vulnerable areas such as steep slopes with high accident risk.

In particular, to prevent slip-and-fall accidents on icy roads for commuters, the district concentrated on clearing snow accumulated around subway stations and bus stops using road snow removal vehicles, operating these vehicles on arterial and side roads until the morning of the day.

Earlier, the district had issued a ‘Snow Removal Measure Level 1 Alert’ at 4 p.m. the previous day and proceeded with snow removal operations according to the ‘2020/2021 Snow Removal Plan’ manual.

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