About six million square metres of land were demined in the last seven months, throughout the country, according to statistical data given Monday to the press by the Intersectoral Commission for Demining and Humanitarian Aid to Landmines Victims (CNIDAH).
The data were presented by CNIDAH's technician for quality assessment and control, Jean Jack Cortez, at a joint interview to ANGOP and the state-owned "Jornal de Angola" daily newspaper, which was also attended by three other officials of that demining institution.
According to the source, of the cleared zones it is highlighted agricultural and residential areas, bridges, dams, as well as the demining of 423 kilometres of road and 19,300 kilometres of railway section.
Besides these tasks, Jean Jack Cortez also mentioned the removal and subsequent destruction of 91,311 anti-personnel and 74 anti-tank mines.
On the occasion, CNIDAH's head of the Education for Landmines Risks Awareness (ERM) programme, Nelson Manuel, said that the number of mines victims in Angola has been reducing gradually.
On his turn, the institution's official linked to the Information Management System, Pedro Toko Ribeiro, assured that there are already guarantees that people can circulate in most of the country's roads and paths without the danger of setting off a landmine.
In Angola, 13 NGOs are operating in the demining sector, seven of which are Angolan institutions and six come from abroad, as well as three public operators and thirty commercial firms.
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