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21st July 2017 13:21:27 Hours

47 More Army Engineers Qualify for De-Mining Roles

The near two-month long Humanitarian Demining Course No – 34 of the Engineer Brigade of the Corps of Sri Lanka Engineers (SLE), attended by 1 Officer and 46 Other Rankers at Engineer Brigade Headquarters, Boo Oya, Vavuniya ended on Saturday (15).

Course attendees, selected from all Units of the Corps of SLE underwent this Course, well focused on careful ‘mine action’ procedures, operational effectiveness, technical aspects, use of mine detection dogs, proper assessment and attainment of planned objectives. The Course began on 22 May 2017.

Brigadier Amith Senevirathna, Engineer Brigade Commander initiated the Course with the view to accelerating the ongoing de-mining projects of the Army in the North and East and declaring those areas free of land mines latest by the year 2020.

All Course attendees were awarded certificates by the Engineer Brigade Commander during a special ceremony, held on Sunday (16).

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