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Decision of Political Bureau of WPK Central Committee 'On rapidly repairing the flood damage in North Phyongan and Jagang provinces' adopted

Date: 31/07/2024 | Source: Pyongyang Times | Read original version at source

The Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea on July 30 adopted a decision to rehabilitate the island areas and some flooded areas in the city of Sinuiju and Uiju County in North Phyongan Province, situated on the lower reaches of the Amnok River, and build modern houses there and rapidly restore the damaged roads, railways and public buildings in Jagang Province by concentrating nationwide efforts.

The decision reflects the following contents:

The state shall vigorously step up the rehabilitation work by concentrating all its efforts.

To this end, headquarters for rehabilitation of North Phyongan and Jagang provinces shall be organized separately and necessary staff departments, including those for design, construction and materials supply, and political departments be set up at the headquarters, involving necessary officials from the Party Central Committee, the Cabinet, ministries, national agencies, armed forces, the munitions field and the relevant provinces.

Units of the Korean People’s Army and the Paektusan Hero Youth Shock Brigade shall build more than 4 400 modern houses in the afflicted areas of the city of Sinuiju and Uiju County, and North Phyongan Province shall undertake the work of building permanent and durable embankments in the island areas in cooperation with the Korean People’s Army.

Forces of the Korean People’s Army shall be dispatched to the rehabilitation campaign area of Jagang Province, and all provinces shall organize and send regiments of Party members to the seriously damaged cities and counties in North Phyongan and Jagang provinces and some of those forces shall be mobilized in the rehabilitation projects in Ryanggang Province.

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