Cheongju City promotes comprehensive measures for winter, including disaster and safety management

Cheongju City announced on the 13th that it will promote 'comprehensive winter measures' from the 15th of this month to March 15th of next year.

The city operates a sector-specific response system centered on 12 detailed tasks in four areas, including disaster and safety, stabilization of citizens' lives, protection of vulnerable groups, and citizen health management.

In preparation for heavy snowfall and cold waves, the Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters was activated, and a snow removal plan by road grade and a step-by-step emergency work system were prepared for 72 snow removal routes (853 km) on major arterial roads in the four district offices.

We plan to operate autonomous snow removal teams in 43 towns, villages, and dongs to support snow removal on back roads and areas vulnerable to snow removal.

To stabilize the lives of ordinary people in the winter, a price stability task force consisting of 51 people is operated and the prices of 87 items, including 28 kimchi essential products and daily necessities and personal service fees, are constantly checked.

In addition, we will focus on identifying vulnerable groups such as households in crisis and the elderly living alone, and provide heating costs support to 568 low-income households in cooperation with private companies such as SK Hynix.

The city decided to operate a quarantine situation room 24 hours a day to prevent the introduction of infectious livestock diseases such as highly pathogenic avian influenza (AI) and African swine fever (ASF).

Mayor Lee Jang-seop said, “We will thoroughly pursue measures in each field, prioritizing the safety and stability of citizens’ lives.”