21 April 2009, 23:00

In Chechnya MfE starts demining farmlands

A group of sappers of the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) of Russia has arrived to Chechnya and started demining the rural territory in the vicinity of Grozny. They will have to examine about 50 hectares of arable land.

The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed at the Republic's MfE that the employees of the Special Centre of Russian MfE called "Leader" will stay in Chechnya till the end of this May.

"The sappers will have to check for explosives and completely clear of mines, shells, fougasses and other explosive objects the agricultural lands belonging to the state farm "Zarya" near Grozny," said the source.

According to his story, the group of experts of the Centre "Leader", which arrived to Chechnya, consists of 30 persons, equipped with the necessary equipment and experienced not only in Chechnya, where sappers of the MfE worked in 2002, but also in former Yugoslavia and other places. During their work in Chechnya, they neutralized more than four thousand explosive objects.

See earlier reports:

"MoE sappers to demine arable lands in Chechnya," "Militiaman wounded by land mine explosion in southwest of Chechnya," "In Chechnya, mine explosion kills a youngster of 19," "Ministry for Emergencies' specialists coming to demine Chechnya," "Within a month, Chechnya destroyed over 360 bombs."

Author: Muslim Ibragimov Source: CK correspondent

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