As one of the non-governmental organisations clearing mine and UXO contamination in Sri Lanka, MAG featured in an article titled “The humane act of demining” this weekend in the Sunday Observer, the country’s widest-read English language newspaper.
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| © Sunday Observer, 15 June 08 |
“The humane act of demining
For a safer soil to tread on
By Dhaneshi Yatawara
The East is resetting its normal day to day life along with many people resettling in their homelands. With the liberation of these areas from the Tiger clutches by the security forces of Sri Lanka the next threat comes with the buried deadly devices of the LTTE - unexploded ordnance, UXOs in short, in the uncleared areas. This is high risk to the Government’s resettling process.
With the prime objective of clearing areas contaminated with mines and unexploded ordnances (UXOs), the Ministry of Nation Building is successively progressing on the National Mine Action Program in association with the Sri Lanka Army, UNDP and several International Non Governmental Organisations, specialised in de-mining.
Speaking to the Sunday Observer, Advisor and the Chairman of the National Steering Committee for Mine Action, M.S. Jayasinghe said almost 60 percent of the work has been completed….”
» Read the full article online at the Sunday Observer website:
www.sundayobserver.lk/2008/06/15/fea20.asp
16 June 08
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