Sri Lanka Army continues to clear mines in the North and East

Sri Lanka Army says that it has managed to clear over 300,000 mines in the Northern and Eastern Provinces in the country
.Military Spokesman Major General Ubhaya Medawala has told the local media that the Army Field Engineers have so far cleared over 306,000 mines in a land area of 1,863 square kilometers in the North and East.
He has added that demining in the two provinces continued with the deminers using mechanical and manual methods.
The Army has assigned over 1,300 soldiers to demine areas in the North and East.
According to Medawala, demining activities are currently being carried out in the districts of Jaffna, Mannar, Mullaitivu, Trincomalee, Batticaloa, Polonnaruwa, and Vavuniya.