Hapcheon-gun Mobilizes All Efforts to Secure Agricultural Water for Drought Relief, Urgently Allocates 1 Billion KRW in Reserve Funds

Promotion of Well Development, Pump Repair, and Water Pond Installation

Director Park Jong-cheol of the Economic Construction Bureau is inspecting the operation of a water pump deployed in the Yulgokcheon stream.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Soon-kyung] Hapcheon-gun, Gyeongnam Province, is urgently allocating 1 billion KRW from contingency funds to implement drought countermeasures.

The county will immediately use the contingency funds for 14 well developments and 50 emergency construction projects (pump repairs, river excavation, water pond installation, water spraying truck operation, etc.) to secure agricultural water and ensure that residents do not experience inconvenience due to the drought.

As of the 29th, the Hapcheon Dam reservoir rate is 35.6%, which is very low compared to the average year, and the reservoir rate of 337 reservoirs located in Hapcheon-gun is also low, averaging below 60%.

Accordingly, Hapcheon-gun is swiftly carrying out construction such as well development to complete before the full-scale farming season in early June, ensuring no disruption in agricultural water supply.

Going forward, if the drought continues, the county will organically cooperate with the Korea Rural Community Corporation (Hapcheon branch) to continuously monitor the water storage levels of hydraulic facilities such as reservoirs and pumping stations and respond immediately to prevent damage caused by agricultural water shortages.

Park Jong-cheol, Director of Economic Construction in Hapcheon-gun, said, “We are promptly allocating emergency budgets to the right places to ensure no damage occurs due to the drought in the area and are focusing administrative efforts to secure additional national and local government funds.”

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