Senior Officials of the Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA) highlighted yesterday that from 2018 to 2020, around 421 square kilometres of contaminated land containing landmines and Explosive Remnants of War (ERW) was cleared, benefitting around 2 million people.
Speaking at a meeting on Technical Working Group on Mine Action Consolidating Achievements & Overcoming Challenges yesterday with officials, donors and partner NGOs via an online conference, First Vice-President of the CMAA Ly Thuch said that 49,256 anti-personnel mines, 956 anti-tank mines, and 221,372 ERWs were destroyed which benefited around 2 million people. Approximately 87% of the cleared land were used for agricultural purposes.
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Source: Khmer Times