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Army to make SL mine-free by end-2022

17 Jun 2021

  • 13 sq. km to be cleared in 6 districts in N-E, NCP

By Dinitha Rathnayake   The Sri Lanka Army Humanitarian Demining Unit (SLAHDU) of the Army’s Engineers Corps (SLEC) is expeditiously working towards the effective accomplishment of the national target for overall de-mining by the end of 2022 after clearing all identified and hazardous areas of explosive remnants as stipulated in the original country plan for demining. The SLAHDU, the only Government entity to carry out demining operations in Sri Lanka since 2002 as the leading demining organisation in the country, has to date cleared 886.19 sq. kms out of the entire mine-and-explosive-infested area of 1316.65 sq. kms, identified as hazardous, in the country’s North. All other international and local non-Governmental agencies and organisations (INGOs) have so far cleared about 417.12 sq. kms. Accordingly, the remaining mine-infested land extent of 13.34 sq. kms is yet to be cleared to fulfill the national target and to declare Sri Lanka a mine-free country. The Army said that there are four international and local groups involved in clearing mines. The SLAHDU has so far recovered 99,727 anti personnel mines, 223 anti tank mines, and 42,919 unexploded ordnances or explosives during the Army’s demining operations. The remaining demining sites are located in the districts of Anuradhapura (North Central Province), Batticaloa (Eastern Province), Mullaitivu, Jaffna, Kilinochchi, and Vavuniya (Northern Province). Demining operations are conducted by humans, using dogs and machinery.  

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