U.N. EXPECTS RAILWAY THROUGH SECTOR WEST REPAIRED BY END OF FEB

NOVA GRADISKA, Feb 2 (Hina) - UNPROFOR expected Croatia and local Serb authorities to immediately begin with the disposal of mines on the eastern and western boundaries of UN Sector West, UN Sector West spokeswoman Susan Manuel today told a press conference in Nova Gradiska. The mine disposal would last up to ten days after which repairs on the Zagreb-Okucani-Mirkovci-Tovarnik-Belgrade railway would begin and were to be completed by the end of this month, Manuel said. Manuel said Croatian and Serb experts for railway repairs would meet again on February 7. The southern track of the railway line suffered major damage but at one point the rails of both southern and northern tracks were removed at a length of 50 metres. The tracks were damaged by artillery shells at a dozen spots and a concrete bridge near Paklenica was also substantially damaged. The railway station in Okucani was in good repair as opposed to those in Rajic and Dragalic, Manuel said. (hina) mm vm 021921 MET feb 95