Mayor Park Ilha Joins Street Cleanup on Last Day of Lunar New Year Holiday

Cleaning Back Roads Together With Environmental Officers

Park Ilha, Mayor of Dongjak-gu in Seoul, continued his on-site livelihood-focused schedule on the last day of the Lunar New Year holiday. On the 18th, he personally visited locations within the district where cleaning was urgently needed and joined environmental officers in walking along back roads and around the Sangdo-dong area, which are densely packed with villas, to take part in cleanup activities.

Park Ilha, mayor of Dongjak District (second from right), is collecting household waste with environmental officers on the side streets of the villa-dense area in Sangdo-dong on the 18th. Provided by Dongjak District.

He directly helped clean the streets by loading waste piled up at recycling stations onto vehicles and picking up cigarette butts and illegally dumped trash on back roads. He also listened to the difficulties faced by about 15 environmental officers who were on site and offered them encouragement.

Dongjak District halted trash collection from the 14th to the 16th during the Lunar New Year holiday period, but kept the cleaning situation room running at all times to respond quickly to various civil complaints such as illegal dumping, thereby working to minimize any gaps in sanitation services. From the 17th, trash collection returned to normal operations so that residents could resume their daily lives without disruption as soon as the holiday ended.

Meanwhile, during the Lunar New Year holiday, Dongjak District implemented a comprehensive holiday plan, including operating Dongjak Star Park in the new district office building, designating medical clinics, hospitals, and pharmacies that would remain open, and offering free access to parking facilities, so that residents could spend a safe and comfortable holiday.

Mayor Park said, "I inspected the sites so that residents can resume their daily lives in a pleasant environment as soon as the holiday ends," adding, "We will continue to pursue on-site, solution-oriented administration to make Dongjak a cleaner and more livable district."

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