Namwon-si Applies for 'Environmental Dispute Mediation' over Seomjin River Flood Damage

[Namwon=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Jeong Young-kwon] The Jeonbuk Namwon City Flood Damage Countermeasure Committee (hereinafter referred to as the Countermeasure Committee) applied for environmental dispute mediation to the Central Environmental Dispute Mediation Committee on the 17th, based on the results of the flood damage cause investigation service and damage assessment amount for the flood damage in August last year.

According to the city on that day, the Countermeasure Committee accepted applications for flood damage dispute mediation at the Countermeasure Committee office from June 9 to this month’s 6th, and the application results estimated the damage scale at a total of 1,188 people and 53.7 billion KRW.

By applying for environmental dispute mediation for the Seomjin River flood, the city enabled residents affected in five myeon and one dong (Suji, Songdong, Jusaeng, Geumji, Daegang, Noam) in the downstream areas of Seomjin River Dam and Donghwa Dam, who suffered damage from the heavy rain in August last year, to receive relief for their damages.

The environmental dispute mediation system is a system operated to quickly resolve large and small environmental disputes encountered in daily life through specialized administrative agencies without going through complicated litigation procedures.

The Central Environmental Dispute Mediation Committee partially amended and enforced the 'Environmental Dispute Mediation Act' in April to include flood damage caused by the management of river structures (dams, weirs, reservoirs, river embankments, etc.) as subjects of environmental dispute mediation to promote flood damage relief through environmental dispute mediation.

A city official said, “We will spare no administrative support to ensure prompt compensation through consultations with the Ministry of Environment and the Central Environmental Dispute Mediation Committee so that residents affected by last year’s flood can return to their daily lives as soon as possible.”

Namwon=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Jeong Young-kwon wjddudrnjs@asiae.co.kr

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