Seoul City Urgently Provides 30 Billion KRW Special Grants to Districts for Heavy Rain Damage Recovery

Differentiated Priority Support by Autonomous Districts, Additional Support After Damage Assessment
Urgent Use Considering Facility Damage Restoration such as Roads and Temporary Shelter for Disaster Victims

On the 9th, when record-breaking heavy rain fell in Seoul and the central region, the Jinheung Apartment shopping area in Seocho-gu, Seoul, was damaged by the heavy rain. Photo by Jang Jin-hyeong aymsdream@

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced on the 10th that it will urgently provide 30 billion KRW in special grants to autonomous districts to quickly restore the damage caused by the record-breaking heavy rain of over 400mm that began on the 8th.

According to the provisional damage status by autonomous district due to this heavy rain, there were 3,430 cases of flooded houses and commercial buildings, 224 cases of flooded roads, 10 landslides, and human casualties including 5 deaths, 4 missing persons, and 1 injury, along with numerous displaced residents.

Although the exact scale of damage and restoration costs have not yet been calculated, Seoul City decided to prioritize prompt recovery by providing differentiated support amounts to each autonomous district based on the number of displaced residents and flooding incidents. Additional budgets will be provided after calculating the specific damage scale and restoration costs for each district. The allocated budget will be used for rapid recovery, including repairing damaged facilities such as roads and preparing temporary residences for displaced residents affected by flooding.

Expenses such as setting up shelters for displaced residents, restoration construction costs and equipment rental fees, purchasing disinfectants and quarantine equipment to prevent waterborne infectious diseases, and support for on-site recovery personnel will be used according to each district’s own plan, considering urgency.

Meanwhile, Seoul City is supporting on-site recovery by utilizing the on-site recovery support team composed of Seoul city officials (2248 personnel from 120 departments) and volunteer organizations (699 members of the Volunteer Center’s Barobongsa Team). In addition, the military is providing support by utilizing manpower resources such as the Capital Defense Command troops (1,302 personnel from 6 subordinate units), and autonomous districts are cooperating by mutually supporting 806 water pumps to respond to the disaster.

Kim Sang-han, Director of the Seoul City Administration Bureau, said, “Seoul City will urgently provide 30 billion KRW in special grants so that each autonomous district can closely assess the damage caused by this heavy rain, promptly support affected residents, and restore facilities to prevent safety accidents. We will strive to ensure that the damage caused by this concentrated heavy rain is restored as early as possible through proactive support to the autonomous districts.”

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