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Last updated: 05 September, 2009 - Published 14:28 GMT
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Mine clearing machines acquired
Landmines
Mine clearing work is currently being done manually in Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan officials say they have imported new equipment from Slovakia to speed up mine clearing work in the war-affected northern zone.

An official said the five (Bosena type) machines will help them to de-mine an area of up to five-thousand square metres a day.

At the moment, mine clearing work is being done manually and only ten square metres are cleared daily by a single de-mining worker.

The government says it needs to de-mine the former war zone before it can allow nearly 300,000 of displaced Tamil civilians to go back to their homes.

The Sri Lankan army and eight other organisations have been involved in clearing landmines in the north.

The military declared victory over Tamil Tiger rebels in May.

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