Zero casualties in mine clearing
Sandasen Marasinghe
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Brigadier Udayantha Wijeratne |
“The Sri Lankan Army is the only army in the world that has cleared
366,870 landmines without causing any damages to any mine-clearer within
two years,” said Brigadier Udayantha Wijeratne of the Engineers Squad of
the Sri Lanka Army.
He made this observation yesterday delivering a speech in the
presence of military representatives of 41 countries at the ‘Defeating
Terrorism-Sri Lankan Experience’ seminar held at the Galadari Hotel.
He also said that the landmines that were strewn by the LTTE in the
North and East are being removed by the Army manually, mechanically and
by using trained dogs. He said that there is 400 square kilometres still
to be cleared. |
