Korea Expressway Corporation Launches 'Relay Relief Activities' to Help Flood Victims Return to Daily Life

Korea Expressway Corporation is conducting relay relief activities to expedite damage recovery and support disaster victims in areas struggling due to record-breaking heavy rainfall.

On the 3rd, employees of the Korea Expressway Corporation Daejeon Chungnam Headquarters are making sandbags to build retaining walls where farmland embankments collapsed due to flooding in the Yeonseo-myeon area of Sejong City. / Photo by Korea Expressway Corporation

Earlier, on the 24th of last month, the Corporation donated 154.89 million KRW for emergency relief in flood-affected areas. The fund was raised through employee contributions and social contribution funds established by union leaders. It is planned to be used for disaster victims in major affected areas through the Community Chest of Korea.

On the 27th of the same month, the Daegu-Gyeongbuk Headquarters supported Yecheon-gun, which suffered significant damage from the heavy rain, by providing manpower and equipment, and donated 5 million KRW. Headquarters staff visited the Dongbon-gyo area in Yecheon-gun to assist with the removal of riverside sediment caused by river flooding and waste disposal, deploying equipment such as water trucks and street sweepers to support road maintenance work. They also plan to continue offering free maintenance services for agricultural machinery to support flood-affected farms.

The Jeonbuk, Daejeon-Chungnam, and Chungbuk Headquarters also joined the relay donation by contributing a total of 11 million KRW to the specially declared disaster areas of Iksan, Sejong, and Goesan. They accelerated damage recovery by supporting water trucks, street sweepers, and excavators for road maintenance. Additionally, on the 3rd, Daejeon-Chungnam Headquarters staff visited Yeonseo-myeon in Sejong City to help remove sediment, and Chungbuk Headquarters staff plan to visit the Goesan area to clean up debris in ginseng fields.

On the 27th of last month, employees of the Korea Expressway Corporation Daegu-Gyeongbuk Headquarters visited the area around Dongbon Bridge in Yecheon-gun to remove riverbank sediment caused by river flooding. / Photo by Korea Expressway Corporation

Korea Expressway Corporation plans to continue company-wide support with equipment and manpower, as well as volunteer activities in cooperation with local governments, to help residents in affected areas return to their daily lives as soon as possible. Last year, the Corporation also conducted relief activities to overcome major disasters such as wildfires in Gangwon and Gyeongbuk regions and floods in Pohang City.

Ham Jin-gyu, President of Korea Expressway Corporation, said, "We hope that the relay social contribution activities will help disaster victims return to their homes, even if only a little." He added, "As a public enterprise, we will actively engage in support activities for relief whenever emergency disasters occur."

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