Housing Construction in Disaster Areas of DPRK

Pyongyang, October 4 (KCNA) -- The construction of houses is progressing apace in Heoryong City, one of the flood-hit areas in North Hamgyong Province of the DPRK. The soldier-builders in charge of the housing construction in the city carried out the ground-making for houses for 1 800 families at over 90 percent while producing more than one million blocks. Thanks to their devoted efforts, 50-odd apartment houses for nearly 1 000 families took their shapes in Obong area alone. Such progress in housing construction is also made in other areas of the city. The solider-builders are doing as much as possible to raise the speed of rehabilitation and construction in the disaster areas. -0-