02/02/2022 Azerbaijan, Aghdam
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The government of Azerbaijan announced its plans to clear 40,000 hectares (around 99,000 acres) of land in the country’s liberated territories from landmines in 2022 under a demining action plan adopted by the Cabinet of Ministers. Rufat Mammadov, Chief of Office of the Cabinet of Ministers, said the mine clearance operations in Azerbaijan would cover twice as many territories in 2022 compared to the previous year. “The main purpose of such rapid demining activities is to create favorable conditions in the liberated territories, to reintegrate the areas into economic turnover, to develop the tourism sector and the mining industry,” Mammadov said, adding that settlements would also be restored and reconstructed for the return of people. According to Mammadov, an all-new system for demining operations was launched in Azerbaijan’s Aghdam district, polluted with unexploded ordnances more than other liberated territories. “Since these areas are more polluted than the others, we have started to apply an artificial intelligence-based system for aerial mine research. Azerbaijan is one of the first countries to use this solution. This system allows determining the location of mines accurately,” the government official added. On January 28, Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA) introduced a new mobile field camp for sappers in the Aghdam district. It consists of a hostel, a canteen, a laundry, a warehouse, an office, and a first-aid post, as well as special places for keeping mine detection dogs and repairing equipment and vehicles. ANAMA plans to use the camp to expand the scale of mine clearance operations and increase personnel. The mobile container-type camp can be moved to other areas, depending on the location of demining activities.
Photo-Source: caspiannews.com
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