Nearly 176,000 mines removed

Nearly 176,000 anti-personnel mines buried by the LTTE had so far been detected and removed between 2002 and March 31, 2009, Senior Advisor to the Nation Building Ministry M. S. Jayasinghe said.

Several international groups along with the Sri Lanka Army were engaged in the demining but most of the mines were removed by the Sri Lanka Army, he said. Read more ...