Kratie province on track for ‘mine free’ status in June

CMAA first vice-president Ly Thuch inspects the progress of mine clearance in Kratie on April 10. - CMAA

PHNOM PENH (The Phnom Penh Post/Asia News): Kratie is expected to be declared the next mine-free province in June, becoming the 13th provincial-level region to receive the status, according to Ly Thuch, first vice-president of the Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA).

“Thanks to the Samdech Techo Project for Mine Action [STP-MA], 50 per cent of the province has already been cleared, under the slogan ‘Providing Safe Ground, Creating Smiles’,” he said while presiding over the closing of a mine clearance site in Kratie on April 10.