Mine Action Agency: Seven people died in the Kurdistan Region last year due to mines
According to the Mine Action Agency, during the ninth cabinet of the Kurdistan Regional Government has paid great attention to clearing the land contaminated with mines and explosives and so far, thousands of square meters have been cleared.
According to the data of the General Agency of Mine Affairs of the Kurdistan Regional Government, 2,316,756 square meters of land was cleared of mines and explosives in the Kurdistan Region last year.
Of the total land cleared, 211,611 square meters were cleared in Erbil governorate by the Erbil General Directorate of Mine Affairs, 198,632 square meters by the Sulaymaniyah General Directorate of Mine Affairs and 221,947 square meters by the Duhok General Directorate of Mine Affairs and 104,05 square meters were cleared by the Garmyan Independant Administration of Mines. The Mine Action Agency also said, the total area of land cleared by the General Agency of Mine Affairs is 736,195 square meters and organizations have cleared 962,157 square meters, a total of 1 million 698 thousand 352 square meters.
The area of land cleared of IEDs by the organizations alone was 618,404 square meters, and the total area of both cleared land in square meters and land cleared of IEDs was 2,316,756 square meters.
The number of minefields cleared by the agency was 27 and the number of minefields cleared by the organizations was 20, which makes a total of 47 minefields, the number of cleared remnants of war was 3 by agencies and by ganizations was 4. The total number of minefields cleared and the number of remnants of war cleared by agencies and organizations was 54.
1,236 anti-personnel mines destroyed by the Mine Action Agency, 1,944 mines destroyed and 2,292 mines destroyed by organizations, a total of 4,236 anti-personnel mines destroyed. The number of anti-tank mines carried out by the Mine Action Agency alone was 11 mines, the total number of anti-personnel mines and anti-tank mines destroyed in the Kurdistan Region is 4,247 mines.
The number of UXOs destroyed by the Mine Action Agency was 32,034 and 2,156 by the organizations A total of 34,190 pieces of explosives were destroyed, 12 bombs were destroyed by the agency and 106 bombs were destroyed by the organizations, that makes a total of 118 IEDs.
the number of training courses was 3 courses by the Mine Action Agency and 8 courses by the organizations, a total of 11 training courses. The institutions participated in the training courses 32 times and the organizations participated in the training courses 110 times. Their total participation in training courses was 142 times.
The number of beneficiaries, including women, men and children, was 9,866 by the Mine Action Agency and 78,820 by organizations, bringing the total number of beneficiaries to 88,686 people.
Also, distribution of awareness materials, the Mine Action Agency distributed 18,812 awareness materials and the organizations distributed 177,57 awareness materials, a total of 195,869 awareness materials were distributed, which included posters, guide booklets, information and contact cards, illustrated stories, school notebooks and magazines and several other awareness materials that were distributed.
Number of mine injured in Kurdistan Region in 2022:
Erbil 7, Sulaymaniyah 7, Duhok 4 and Garmyan 6 people, the total number of mine injuries in the region for 2022 was 24 people.
Number of mine deaths in the Kurdistan Region in 2022:
Erbil 1, Sulaymaniyah 3, Duhok 1, Garmyan 2 people and a total of 7 people, which means that the total number of mine victims in the Kurdistan Region for 2022 was 31 people.