PHNOM PENH: Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet on Saturday said that nearly one million people are living under the threats of unexploded ordnances (U...
: Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet on Saturday said that nearly one million people are living under the threats of unexploded ordnances despite three decades of rapid demising exercise, reported Fresh News.
The lethal landmines laid during the Khmer Rouge conflict in the 1990s continue to trouble the rural population despite aggressive efforts by the Cambodian government, local communities, and international agencies to clear the unexploded remnants of war. “To put this into perspective, the remaining contaminated land is roughly two-and-a-half times the size of Singapore,” said Hun Manet, according to online media Fresh News.
However, the continuous collective efforts have managed to reduce the number of unexploded devices, and some of the land freed from landmine threats has now been turned into agricultural land that is transforming rural economies.
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