Minefield Tour - part 2
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It is hard to appreciate at first, but people have been established here
for many months before demining started. Other parts of the road about 2
- 5 km further west have been cleared over the last 18 months. Traffic along
the road creates opportunities for trading and income.
In the distance behind the houses is a strip of land used for grazing
animals and crops. People remove mines when they find them, and often extract
the explosives so they can use them for fishing. As we stood here we heard
a boom...."ah, someone wants fish for dinner".
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A roadside stall open for business if you cross the minefield boundary
marked by the sign.
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The sign has the sides cut out so it is less useful as a roofing
tile. This reduces the chance of theft.
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Local inhabitants watch the deminers at work around their house
- mines were found in the yard.
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Deminer prodding at the rear of the house. Here, near the road,
there is usually too much metal junk in the ground for metal detectors to
be used. Hand prodding is used instead.
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Oxen ready to start ploughing in a mined area.
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