Army hands over demined farmlands along LoC

The Army today handed over large chunks of demined farmlands along the Line of Control in Rajouri district to the border dwellers.
"Army has demined lands along LoC in Noushera belt of Rajouri district and handed over the lands to their owners at a function today", a defence spokesman said.
During Operation Vijay and Operation Parakram, due to operational requirement certain mine fields were laid by the forces with the knowledge of the owners.
"Over the years, these mines and explosives had rendered the area unusable to the owners for a long time and also led to grave injuries to cattle," he said.

In Naoshera, realising the situation, the army decided to carry out an extensive demining drive of the affected areas of Mohra Kampla village as part of Operation Aman, wherein over a period of more than two months from 13 April to 15 June, a total of 86 mines and explosives were recovered and destroyed by the army, he added.