15 April 2011, 18:00
The Ministry of Agriculture of Chechnya: the speed of mine clearing the area must be accelerated manifold
Officials of the Ministry of Agriculture consider that that the process of mine clearing of the territory of Chechnya must be accelerated manifold. With the present-day speed of performing these works clearing agricultural and forest lands of Chechnya will take no less than one hundred years.
"Mine clearing of the territory of the republic is being done within the framework of federal target program", a representative of the republican Ministry of Agriculture said to the correspondent of "Caucasian Knot".
According to him, a number of initiatives to offer the federal center and the Ministry of Regional Development of Russia on improving the present situation are currently being worked out. In our interlocutor's opinion, clearing the territory of the republic from mines, unexploded ammunition and other highly explosive objects "must be quickened manifold".
Author: Muslim Ibragimov Source: CK correspondent
