2023-07-17 07:46:00
President Yoon Seok-yeol presides over a meeting of the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters to deal with torrential rains held at the Seoul Government Complex on the morning of the 17th.
Immediately after returning from his visit to Korea on the 17th, President Seok-yeol Yoon presided over the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters Meeting to deal with torrential rains and checked the current status of damage caused by heavy rains and how to deal with them.
The meeting was attended by the Prime Minister, the Minister of Environment, Land, Infrastructure, Transport, National Defense, Trade, Industry and Energy, the Minister of Government Policy Coordination, the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Public Administration and Security, the Director of the Korea Meteorological Administration, the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, the Director of the Forest Service, the Commissioner of the National Police Agency, the deputy head of the National Fire Agency, and the heads of 17 cities and provinces. Attended with this burn.
Beginning the meeting, President Yoon said, “There is no way to hold back my heartbreaking and regretful feelings.
In addition, he emphasized support for the victims, saying, “Recovery work and support for disaster damage must also be done quickly, and I hope you will promptly promote follow-up measures by mobilizing all policy means, such as declaring a special disaster area.”
At the meeting, the Ministry of Public Administration and Security, Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, Ministry of Environment, Korea Meteorological Administration, and each local government received reports on the current state of damage and response, and repeatedly requested prevention of additional casualties and support for victims.
President Yoon said, “Currently, torrential rain continues, and the most important thing is to prevent and minimize casualties.” Please look around and deal with it in advance,” he ordered.
In addition, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs ordered to “take care of the damage situation and statistics on farms as the center,” and emphasized cooperation between the police, local governments, and firefighting in relation to control of dangerous areas, and said, “The police take the center with a unified system, I hope you will do your best to control traffic and control dangerous areas.”
In addition, he encouraged the officials, saying, “The situation is not over yet, so after the situation is sorted out, other measures should be calmly and meticulously checked again, and first of all, I hope you will do your best to prevent loss of life in preparation for the torrential rain that will follow.” did.
President Yoon Seok-yeol visits Beolbang-ri, Gamcheon-myeon, Yecheon-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do on the 17th and listens to an explanation of the damage caused by the landslide.
Right after the meeting, President Yoon used a helicopter to visit the site of damage in Beolbang-ri, Gamcheon-myeon, Yecheon-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do, where a landslide occurred due to torrential rain, and a temporary housing facility for victims, inspecting the damage and comforting the victims.
Beolbang-ri, which was hit by a landslide, is a small village with 143 residents in 83 households. 30 houses were partially destroyed or destroyed by this torrential rain, and about 50 residents evacuated to temporary housing facilities installed in the village senior citizen center.
Arriving at the site, the president comforted the villagers and inspected the damaged houses and damaged roads along with Yecheon County Mayor Kim Hak-dong, Gamcheon-myeon Mayor Jang Gwang-hyeon, and villagers.
While touring the village, the president visited a house that was in the midst of restoration due to landslide and encouraged the villagers who were cleaning the site. The village chief of Beolbang-ri, who accompanied the president, decided to express his frustration, saying, “This village has been around for 500 years, and this is the first time something like this has happened.”
The President met the military, firefighting, and police officials who were sweating over rescue and recovery work and encouraged them, saying that they were working hard. .
Afterwards, President Yoon found the Beolbang-ri senior citizen center, which was being used as a temporary housing facility for the victims, and comforted the evacuated villagers.
After carefully taking care of the overall lives of the evacuated residents, the president said, “First of all, we will do our best to search for the missing people, and as soon as it is finished, the central and local governments will work together to help the damaged houses so that they can repair or build new ones.” encouraged
He also comforted the residents, saying, “You have to visit and see it with your own eyes, there is a difference in feeling the atmosphere from seeing it through media reports,” and “don’t worry, I will take care of it well.”
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