ZAGREB ZAGREB, March 20 (Hina) - A new device for detecting mines in shallow water was presented on Monday at the Croatian Ministry of Environment Protection and Urban Development. The sonar can trace explosive device in river and
lake silt, and in swamps. Welcoming the representatives of the manufacturers, Canada's GIL company and Thomas Marconi from France, Croatian Demining Centre manager Damir Gorseta said the mine-clearing of Croatia's woods and swap areas would begin soon, once houses and fields had been demined. Gorseta said about 4,500 square kilometres of Croatian land was believed to contain between one million and 1.2 million mines. He hopes the infested territory will be reduced to some 3,000 square kilometres by year's end. Assistant Minister for Environment Protection and Urban Planning Ivica Martinovic said the ministry was responsible for mine-clearing, especially that
ZAGREB, March 20 (Hina) - A new device for detecting mines in
shallow water was presented on Monday at the Croatian Ministry of
Environment Protection and Urban Development. The sonar can trace
explosive device in river and lake silt, and in swamps.
Welcoming the representatives of the manufacturers, Canada's GIL
company and Thomas Marconi from France, Croatian Demining Centre
manager Damir Gorseta said the mine-clearing of Croatia's woods and
swap areas would begin soon, once houses and fields had been
demined.
Gorseta said about 4,500 square kilometres of Croatian land was
believed to contain between one million and 1.2 million mines. He
hopes the infested territory will be reduced to some 3,000 square
kilometres by year's end.
Assistant Minister for Environment Protection and Urban Planning
Ivica Martinovic said the ministry was responsible for mine-
clearing, especially that of protected nature reserves.
The new mine-detecting device should be presented in Kopacki Rit, a
natural park in eastern-most Croatia, later in the day.
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