Unapproved Soil Dumping in Kiryu: Government Steps In.

Breaking News "Gunma Prefecture".

By AI of "Isesaki FM".

The prefecture has begun "administrative enforcement" to start countermeasure construction on behalf of the contractor for the unauthorized pile-up of soil in the conservation forest of Kiryu City, citing the risk of disaster.

The pile-up was carried out by a civil engineering company in Ibaraki Prefecture between December 2022 and May 2023 without permission, and approximately 42,000 cubic meters of soil was not treated to solidify, and some collapses have been confirmed.

The prefecture had asked the contractor to improve the situation as there was a risk of damage to homes downstream, but as there was no response by the deadline, the prefecture decided to carry out administrative enforcement from the 5th.