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River improvement is very important in preventing flood damage.

Such projects are briskly going on across the DPRK as part of the work to prevent natural disasters.

Unsan County has been hit by unprecedentedly heavy rain in recent years, but suffered no damage. This is because the county has exerted itself to improve rivers.

The county has substantially and persistently pushed ahead with dredging of rivers according to annual plans. Meanwhile, it has strived to build embankments and those which also serve as roads. As the embankments are to be 4-5 metres higher than before, it is paying attention to making their foundations deeper, doing backfill properly and building embankments around curves or joining places of streams which might be under great water pressure.

There are dozens of large and small rivers in Kujang County. So, the county has concentrated its efforts on dredging of rivers and the building and repair of embankments as planned. It is giving priority to designing on the basis of scientific calculation of the water flow amount and velocity of the rivers chosen as improvement projects. Besides, it has ensured the size of the waterway section and carried on stone covering and repair of retaining walls in a qualitative way.

River improvement projects are progressing apace in Anju and Phyongsong cities and other parts of South Phyongan Province.

The experience gained by Kumchon and Thosan counties in making more than 150 hectares of fields free from flooding is also being generalized across the country.