PREMIER INSPECTS NANTOU INDIGENOUS VILLAGE FLOODS|林全赴南投勘災 促搶修維護民眾居住權

Casualties and damage were reported from around Taiwan as torrential rain battered the island early June. Landslide and flooding washed away 6 houses in Nantou's Shemu Village. Premier Lin Chuan visited the village yesterday and met with local residents to discuss future reconstruction and relocation. Premier Lin Chuan visited Shenmu Village in Nantou County and inspected disasters caused by previous torrential rains. As to the broken Lung Hua Bridge, Premier Lin instructed Water Resources Agency to check with previous maintenance records and further exam the bridge foundation and location. Lin urges staff to complete the project with confidence without worrying the bridge may be terminated again. ==LIN CHUAN Premier== Some are structural and long-term problems, and for those that are feasible, let's discuss together. I hope, after completion, protection and living convenience to local residents must be better than in the past. This is what I called meaningful, rebuilding is not only to restore things back to what they were. ==LIN MING-CHEN Nantou County Magistrate== The main point is the funds to rebuild after the disaster. I hope the central government can subsidize us in time. Allowing us to fix them fast, that is the most important. Torrential rains in early June caused six houses being washed away, while two house foundations were exposed. More than ten villagers are settled at a temporary shelter. The issue of relocation is again being raised up for discussion. ==SHENMU VILLAGER== We have lived here since my grandfather's generation. We have been planting vegetables here; we make our living here. If you tell us to leave here and go somewhere, we don't have any particular skill, how do we survive? Premier Lin said, relocation place must go through safety assessment for a long-term living while at the same time fulfill needs of local residents for living, education and employment. The majority of villagers, however, do not want to relocate and many problems remain unsolved. TRANSLATED BY: ANTHONY LIN 六月初的連日豪大雨，造成南投縣信義鄉的神木村災情嚴重，土石流不但沖斷橋樑，還有6棟民宅被沖毀，行政院長林全今天上山視察，指示相關搶修事宜，並且和村民座談，強調照顧民眾的居住權利，中央和地方都要努力。 行政院長林全今天到南投縣信義鄉神木村，視察豪大雨災害情況，對於被沖毀的隆華橋，林全指示水利署，要釐清過去是否一再重修，並確認基座或位置是否有問題，這次要做就要做好，不能下次又被大水沖毀。 ==行政院長 林全== 有些結構性問題 長期性問題 能做的部分我們一起來檢討 希望這次能做好之後 要比我們在災害發生前 要讓當地的居民 保障要比以前要高 生活的便利性也要比以前好 這樣才有意義嘛 重建不是只是恢復原狀 ==南投縣長 林明溱== 最主要的就是災害的重建經費 能夠盡速給我們補助 把這個災害趕快的把它搶修完成 是最要緊的 六月初的豪大雨，也造成神木村有6棟民房被沖毀、2棟地基掏空，數十位村民被安置在台大和社森林教育中心，遷村問題再度浮上檯面。 ==神木村民== 應該是從爺爺那個時代 就一直到現在了 畢竟像我們這邊是種蔬菜 從小生存就是在這裡 你叫我們出去 真的也沒有一個一技之長 我們的生計要怎麼辦 林全對此表示，遷居的地點要先做安全評估，希望能永久居住，並滿足居民的生活、就學及工作需求，不過目前不願遷居的村民仍佔多數，政府想要神木村遷村，還有很多問題需要解決。 邱植培 彭煥群 南投報導