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As the heat of the day blows, the complaints about odor in the Iksan area are running up. Citizens are complaining that they are unbearable, but Iksan has not found a solution.

It is reported by reporter Kim Jin-hyung.

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It is an apartment complex near the industrial complex.

Residents have difficulty in everyday life, such as being unable to properly open the window to the stench in the industrial complex.

[Residents of the stench: The stench is so bad that it is disgusting, it smells like the toilet in the countryside.

As the summer heat has started in earnest, the suffering of the residents in Iksan area due to the bad smell is getting bigger.

Iksan has not reported more than 30 odor reports a day.

However, on the 13th of last month, more than 30 odor reports are coming in once every two days after 50 reports of smell have been received.

In particular, on the 23rd of last month, the number of reported cases was the highest, exceeding 100 cases.

Iksan City has put forth a big measure in June to prepare for the run-in with the bad smell.

We have increased the installation of odor measuring instruments to 10 places and have increased the budget 7 times more than last year in order to reduce the odor of livestock complexes and surrounding areas.

We also strengthened surveillance by operating a nightly situation room at night.

However, Iksan City has increased its budget, personnel and equipment to catch the stench, but it is not as effective as expected.

[Song Min-gyu / Iksan City Green Environment Director: I think that the smell of livestock in the city area seems to be generated, and if the problem of the chemical plant wastewater treatment plant and slaughterhouse is solved, the bad odor complaint will be solved.]

It is a tough summer for the residents of Iksan area who have to endure the bad smell.