IT COULD TAKE 30 YRS TO CLEAN BOSNIA OF MINES - OFFICER

ZAGREB, Jan 2 (Hina) - The estimated three to four million landmines were planted throughout Bosnia-Herzegovina and only few areas may be considered clear, Olla Molvaer, a Norwegian naval officer, told a news conference in Zagreb Tuesday. Questioned of how long it would take to clean the country, he said it might take as long as 30 years. He however stressed that all parties in the conflict were quite obliging in giving information about the mine fields. The commanding officers with the IFOR engineering units said they were accomplishing their tasks with littlest possible delay. They added that several more pontoon bridges over the Sava river might be constructed besides the existing one at Zupanja. The Zupanja bridge would be used exclusively in military purpose for the time being, but later -- and along with the future pontoons -- it might be used for civilian, particularly humanitarian needs, they added. (Hina) mm bk 021732 MET jan 96