Gangdong-gu Implements Comprehensive Lunar New Year Measures in 6 Key Areas to Ensure Safety and More

From February 7 to 13... A total of 155 personnel deployed across 6 key areas
Rapid response system established centered on the comprehensive situation room... Full efforts for a safe and comfortable holiday

Lee Su-hee, Mayor of Gangdong District

Gangdong-gu (District Mayor Lee Su-hee) announced on the 6th that it will implement a "Lunar New Year Holiday Comprehensive Plan" for seven days from February 7 to 13 to ensure that all residents can spend a safe and comfortable holiday during the nation’s major traditional holiday, Seollal.

The areas of focus are six key sectors closely related to residents' lives: ▲health ▲safety ▲convenience of living ▲price stabilization ▲neighborly sharing ▲establishment of public service discipline.

First, during the holiday period, a task force for each sector will operate centered on the comprehensive situation room on the first floor of the government building, with a total of 155 staff working in shifts day and night to respond promptly to incidents in each sector.

In particular, to respond to cold waves and heavy snowfall before the holiday, a Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters will be operated to maintain a day and night emergency duty system. Mainly, inspections will be conducted on vulnerable facilities and roads, and safety accidents will be prevented by inspecting multi-use facilities frequently used by residents such as cultural and sports facilities, parks and green spaces, welfare facilities, as well as construction sites within the district.

Next, before the holiday, until the 8th, the district will carry out a special cleaning campaign for Seollal in multi-use areas and vulnerable back alleys of neighborhoods, and operate a cleaning situation room to promptly respond to complaints related to garbage. Along with this, during the Seollal holiday period, the disposal of food waste, recyclables, and household waste is prohibited on the 9th and 10th, and disposal is allowed from the 11th onward.

Also, to ensure that travelers returning home or coming back have no difficulties using public transportation, all subway lines and route buses passing through major stations and terminals (Gangdong-gu passing buses: 3214, 3220) will be extended. Night buses (N30, N34) will operate as usual (from 11:20 PM to 3:40 AM).

Meanwhile, the district plans to help residents have a warm holiday by delivering consolation money and goods to low-income marginalized groups, facilities for the disabled, and senior centers before and after the holiday, ▲checking on the elderly living alone ▲patrolling street homeless people ▲preparing for emergency situations of child abuse ▲strengthening youth guidance and protection activities.

In addition, unmanned civil service issuance machines will operate at 13 locations within the district except for the district health center and Gangdong Tax Office (which will be closed during the holiday). (Unmanned civil service issuance machines inside subway stations operate from 5 AM to midnight.) In four local commercial districts (Myeongil Traditional Market, Seongnae Traditional Market, Amsa General Market, Cheonho Rodeo Street Shopping District), discount events for ritual supplies and excellent products will be held until the 12th.

Lee Su-hee, Mayor of Gangdong-gu, said, “We will establish a rapid response system centered on the comprehensive situation room so that all residents can have a safe and enjoyable Seollal holiday, and strengthen emergency duty in each sector.”

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