Pyongyang, August 21 (KCNA) -- Members of the Paektusan Hero Youth Shock Brigade are making brisk preparations for housing construction at the flood-afflicted areas of North Phyongan Province.

All brigades began to arrange the sites of houses, make blocks and repair mobile roads soon after arriving at the areas.

The South Phyongan and South Hwanghae provincial brigades are providing a guarantee for speeding up the construction through collective innovations by making tens of thousands of blocks in a single day.

The High-Speed Youth Shock Brigade has built a promising block production base and secured a large amount of blocks.

Similar activities are conducted at the Pyongyang Municipal Brigade, the North Phyongan Provincial Brigade and Nampho Municipal Brigade. -0-