Over 1,700 persons have lost limbs in landmine explosions :
(DN)COLOMBO: A total of 75,000 anti-personnel landmines have been removed from areas affected by terrorism, Chairman of the National Steering Committee on Humanitarian De-mining at the Nation Building Ministry N.S. Jayasinghe said yesterday.
He said 95 per cent of anti-personnel landmines have been removed from Batticaloa and Trincomalee districts.
Senior Project Officer of Support to Mine Action Project Programme Management Unit of United Nations Development Programme Niloufer de Silva said more than 1,700 persons have lost their limbs due to landmine explosions. Full Text
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