Minister Han Jea-ae of Environment Visits Flood-Damaged Areas in Hapcheon-gun Last Year

Inspection of Recovery Status in Flood-Affected Areas Last Year

Minister of Environment Han Jeong-ae Visits Last Year's Flood Damage Area [Image Source=Hapcheon-gun]

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Soon-kyung] Han Jeong-ae, Minister of Environment, visited Hapcheon-gun, Gyeongnam Province on the 17th.

The visit aimed to inspect the flood recovery status in Yulgok-myeon and Ssangchaek-myeon, downstream areas of Hapcheon Dam that suffered significant damage from last August's floods, and to discuss future prevention measures.

On this day, Minister Han Jeong-ae, along with Shin Jin-su, Chairman of the Central Environmental Dispute Mediation Committee, and Lee Ho-jung, Director of the Nakdong River Basin Environmental Office, met with Moon Jun-hee, Mayor of Hapcheon-gun, to discuss the recovery status and post-disaster handling issues in the affected areas.

Additionally, they held a meeting with residents including Lee Jong-chul and Kwon Young-sik, co-chairmen of the 'Dam Discharge Damage Compensation Residents' Countermeasures Committee,' to gather their opinions.

Afterwards, they directly toured the sites heavily damaged last year, such as the Yulgok Nak Min embankment and the Sangchaek Geondae embankment, and received reports from the Busan Regional Land Management Office and Hapcheon-gun on the recovery status and future prevention measures for the affected areas, urging for permanent measures to prevent future floods.

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Environment is conducting a 'Dam Downstream Flood Cause Analysis Survey' to analyze the causes of nationwide flood damage downstream of dams last year, which is scheduled to be completed by June. Based on the results, plans for future handling measures will be decided.

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