Even on Holidays, Yecheon, Mungyeong, Bonghwa, and Yeongju Public and Private Sectors Sweat It Out for Flood Recovery

Lee Cheol-woo Urges "Caution for Safety Accidents"

Gyeongbuk Province joined forces with both the public and private sectors to support recovery efforts in the Bonghwa area, which suffered significant damage from heavy rain last weekend.

On the weekend of the 22nd, Gyeongbuk Province deployed 100 employees to the Chunyang-myeon area of Bonghwa-gun to carry out flood recovery work. Nearly 325.3mm of torrential rain fell in Bonghwa over the weekend.

Public and private sectors in the Gyeongbuk region are working hard on flood recovery efforts at a vinyl greenhouse in Dosim-ri, Chunyang-myeon, Bonghwa-gun.

Despite the muggy weather, Gyeongbuk Provincial Office employees worked hard to help affected farms quickly return to normal by cleaning up paprika greenhouses damaged by the heavy rain and removing soil that had flowed into houses.

Starting with Bonghwa-gun, which suffered severe damage from the heavy rain, Gyeongbuk Province plans to proactively visit sites in need of flood recovery and manpower to carry out restoration work.

Social organizations in Gyeongsangbuk-do are also taking the lead in relief activities in the flood-affected areas. Since the heavy rain damage occurred on the 15th, nine organizations, including the Yecheon branch of the Korean Red Cross, have carried out various volunteer activities such as removing soil from houses and operating meal trucks.

Since the 17th, about 700 members of the Gyeongbuk Saemaeul Association, including 200 from the Yecheon Saemaeul Association, have visited landslide sites and other affected areas to assist with recovery work, as well as delivering donations and relief supplies, providing comprehensive support.

About 300 members of the Barugesalgi Movement Gyeongsangbuk-do Council also visited flood-damaged homes to carry out recovery work and delivered relief supplies such as bottled water, instant rice, and side dishes.

The Korean Freedom Federation Gyeongbuk Branch provided two excavators to sites urgently needing heavy equipment support, and 47 members participated in restoring flooded houses.

Additionally, on the weekend of the 22nd and 23rd, social organizations such as the Yeongju Barugesalgi Council, Mungyeong Barugesalgi Council, and the Marine Corps Veterans Association Gyeongbuk Federation visited various damage sites in Yeongju, Mungyeong, and Bonghwa to strengthen recovery efforts.

Lee Cheol-woo, Governor of Gyeongbuk Province, expressed his gratitude, saying, “I am very thankful that provincial office employees and social organizations are wholeheartedly sharing the pain of residents in the flood-affected areas.” He also repeatedly urged, “Since the ground is weakened due to the heavy rain, please be especially careful to prevent safety accidents at the recovery sites.”

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