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MAG Sri Lanka - June 2009 report
27 Jul 2009 11:35:00 GMT
 Source: MAG (Mines Advisory Group)
Website: Website: http://www.maginternational.org/srilanka

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A Bozena-4 machine operator working in Pallaikuli village, Mannar District in northern Sri Lanka. This village was abandoned during the conflict in 2008. The MAG team uncovered 94 anti-personnel mines and 19 items of unexploded ordnance in the immediate surrounds of the village during June 2009.
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A Bozena-4 machine operator working in Pallaikuli village, Mannar District in northern Sri Lanka. This village was abandoned during the conflict in 2008. The MAG team uncovered 94 anti-personnel mines and 19 items of unexploded ordnance in the immediate surrounds of the village during June 2009.
Frank Masche / MAG

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Reporting Period: 1 - 30 June 2009

Activities & Outputs Summary:

- Operations in support of IDP returns and sustainable livelihoods

- Ongoing General Mine Action Assessment (GMAA) and technical survey in eight villages in Mannar District, in support of the planned return of 136 families displaced by conflict

- GMAA of 23km stretch of irrigation channel in Mannar District

- Technical survey of 9,052 sq/m in Mannar using mechanical team consisting of Bozena-4 flail machine and deminers

- 94 anti-personnel mines and 19 items of unexploded ordnance (UXO) uncovered in Mannar

- Search and clearance of a total of 10,559 sq/m of land through a combination of manual and mechanical methods in Batticaloa District, with the removal of two anti-personnel mines and three items of UXO

Impact Summary:

The programme's work in Mannar District, since the restart of operations in the north in April, led to the return of families displaced by conflict to their home villages during June.

In one village, Marathanmadhu, 70 families returned home as part of a wider programme on 9 June. IDPs returned to four other villages in Mannar on the same day, following MAG operations.

Other activities have been in support of safe livelihood activities.

Whilst the focus is currently on enabling IDP returns, ensuring livelihood activities can be undertaken in safety by those returning families is also a significant priority.

To download the full report in PDF format, please visit www.maginternational.org/publications


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