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Premier Inspects Hydro-meteorological Administration and Emergency Disaster Committee

Date: 29/06/2022 | Source: KCNA.kp (En) | Read original version at source

Pyongyang, June 29 (KCNA) -- Kim Tok Hun, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Workers' Party of Korea Central Committee, vice-president of the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK and premier of the Cabinet, inspected the State Hydro-meteorological Administration and the State Emergency Disaster Committee on Tuesday as the rainy season has set in.

Learning in detail about the weather observation of the State Hydro-meteorological Administration, he said that it is very important to ensure the exactness and promptness of weather forecast in guaranteeing the successful implementation of the state policy tasks for the latter half of the year, including the grain production plan for this year, set forth at the Fifth Plenary Meeting of the Eighth WPK Central Committee.

He stressed the need to minimize the damage from such disastrous weather phenomena as typhoon and downpour by enhancing the level of scientific forecast and analysis of the ever-changing weather conditions and their effect.

Visiting the State Emergency Disaster Committee, the premier called on all the sectors and units out in the campaign for preventing damage in rainy season to swiftly cope with any emergency and meticulously organize the work for protecting the state assets and ensuring the normal economic activity, regarding it as a core issue to protect the safety of the people.

He also called for establishing a proper work system and order to control in a stable way any crisis under the state's unified direction and push ahead with the work for securing enough means and materials needed to tide over the crisis.

The field consultative meetings discussed the issues of strengthening the cooperation between the weather observation sector and the agricultural sector, enhancing the responsibility and guidance ability of the officials in charge of disaster prevention and further perfecting the information system for controlling over flooding, and took relevant measures. -0-

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