VITEZ, Aug 25 (Hina) - An area cleared of mines in Ahmici near Vitez (central Bosnia) was handed to the representatives of the municipalities of Vitez and Busovaca Wednesday. Access to the cleared area was blocked by Stabilisation
Force transporters and investigators of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) have begun working in the field. SFOR activity has been increased in the wider Vitez area. The area was cleared of mines by members of the HELP department for mine-clearing at the UNHCR main office in Sarajevo. A total of 32,200 squared metres have been demined and the road to the village of Kovacevci in the Busovaca municipality, which enables the reconstruction of housing in the area and the return of a large number of families to the region. HELP has so far cleared about 110,000 squared metres of mines in the region, including 140 mined buildings, HELP's Vid Jukic said. So f
VITEZ, Aug 25 (Hina) - An area cleared of mines in Ahmici near Vitez
(central Bosnia) was handed to the representatives of the
municipalities of Vitez and Busovaca Wednesday.
Access to the cleared area was blocked by Stabilisation Force
transporters and investigators of the International Criminal
Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) have begun working in the
field.
SFOR activity has been increased in the wider Vitez area.
The area was cleared of mines by members of the HELP department for
mine-clearing at the UNHCR main office in Sarajevo.
A total of 32,200 squared metres have been demined and the road to
the village of Kovacevci in the Busovaca municipality, which
enables the reconstruction of housing in the area and the return of
a large number of families to the region.
HELP has so far cleared about 110,000 squared metres of mines in the
region, including 140 mined buildings, HELP's Vid Jukic said.
So far, 87 homes have been reconstructed in Ahmici, and the
remaining 60 homes will begin to be reconstructed soon, president
of the Vitez municipal council, Muhamed Rebihic, said.
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