Anyang City Actively Supports Flood Recovery in Yesan County, Sister City in South Chungcheong Province

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Eom In-yong] Anyang City practiced neighborly love by visiting Yesan County in South Chungcheong Province, which recently suffered significant damage from heavy rain, and urgently providing volunteers and equipment for flood recovery.

Approximately 80 members of the Anyang City Disaster Relief Volunteer Corps visited Sinam-myeon in Yesan County on the 26th and deployed recovery equipment such as excavators and water spraying vehicles to quickly clear debris from vinyl greenhouses destroyed by heavy rain and collect damaged crops, pooling their efforts to swiftly recover farm damage.

The city operates the Anyang City Disaster Relief Volunteer Corps, composed of 1,809 members from 24 organizations, and maintains a systematic volunteer system capable of rapid deployment to disaster sites.

The flood recovery activities in Yesan County were also carried out smoothly through the organized participation of this disaster relief volunteer corps. In particular, the Anyang City Saemaul Association among them deployed quarantine vehicles to conduct emergency disinfection operations to prevent infectious diseases that could occur following the flooding.

Meanwhile, Anyang City and Yesan County have maintained sister city relations since 1996 and have continued active exchanges in various fields.

Anyang Mayor Choi Dae-ho said, "I hope this provides some assistance to the residents of Yesan County in overcoming the wounds of the flood disaster and quickly returning to their daily lives," and added, "Going forward, we will continue cooperation with local governments nationwide with the spirit of mutual prosperity and solidarity."