(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
AGHDAM, Azerbaijan, October 5. Azerbaijan has
information on 390,709 antitank and antipersonnel mines as well as
other explosive devices on the liberated territories, reports.
Deputy Board Chairman of Mine Action Agency of Azerbaijan
(ANAMA) Samir Poladov said this on the sidelines of the Azerbaijan
National Urban Forum on the topic 'Sustainable Development Goals
and the New Urban Agenda as a Leading Force for Post-Conflict
Recovery and Reconstruction' in Aghdam city.
'However, this is incomplete data. Their accuracy is about 25
percent,' he said.
According to Poladov, about 147,988 hectares are considered
areas with a high level of mining, while 675,570 hectares are
considered low levels.
'First stage planned for 2022-2026 provides for the clearance of
83 settlements in Aghdam, Fuzuli, Gubadli, Jabrayil, Kalbajar,
Khojavand, Lachin, Shusha, and Zangilan districts. Current plans
provide for the clearing of 33,795 hectares of land for residential
areas. In accordance with the first stage, it's planned to clear
14,713 hectares of land for the construction of houses in these
areas,' he said.
Poladov also added that after the end of the Second Karabakh
War, the number of people injured as a result of mine and
unexploded ordnance explosions reached 257 people, of which 44
died.
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