300,000 mines cleared in North and East
October 22, 2010 03:10 pm
Over 300,000 landmines have been cleared form the North and East provinces by now, Military spokesman Major General Ubaya Medawalasaid. Accordingly we have managed to make an area the scale of 1,857 square kilometer a completely landmine free zone, he said.
The Army is also proceeding to build 4,000 houses and also reconstruct 4,000 damaged houses for the internally displaces people to reside in, the Military spokesman stated.