Pingtung County heavy rain agricultural damage relief: Zhou Chunmi called on the public office to speed up the allocation, and farmers affected by the August disaster should apply as soon as possible

In June this year (2026), the 0605 and 0608 torrential rains and the torrential rains in late June occurred successively. The agriculture in Ping County was severely damaged. The Ministry of Agriculture announced that cash assistance has expired for three months. Pingtung County Magistrate Zhou Chunmi reminded all township offices that most of the cases of cash assistance for heavy rains in late June have been completed. Township, town, and city offices that have received funding from the Ministry of Agriculture are requested to transfer the funds to farmers as soon as possible to help farmers resume farming.

The Agriculture Department of Ping County Government stated that the Ministry of Agriculture has completed all allocations for Pingtung City, Donggang Town, Hengchun Town, Changzhi Township, Linluo Township, Yanpu Township, Wanluan Township, Zhutian Township, Kanding Township, Linbian Township, Sandimen Township, Chunri Township, Wutai Township, Mudan Township, and Shizi Township, with a total amount of 210,823,26 yuan. The remaining towns and villages have yet to be allocated funds for batch operations or have not completed random inspections. Farmers are urged to check with the public office about the funding status of the application. If the information is incomplete, they should apply for review within the time limit to complete the information.

Li Yongwen, Director of the Agriculture Department, called on all towns and villages to pay attention to the rights of farmers and pay attention to the processing capacity of the office. If necessary, they should send more manpower and strengthen education and training to help handle the number of cases accepted. As for the heavy rains in late August, please apply to the office before get off work today (7th) to avoid affecting farmers' rights and interests. He also asked the office to coordinate manpower and submit to the county in batches, and use the disaster damage on-site photography APP to speed up the disaster relief process.