The word "demining" is correct in written English.
It is used in the context of removing landmines or unexploded ordnance from an area. Example: "The organization is dedicated to demining efforts in war-torn regions to ensure the safety of local communities." Alternatives include "mine clearance" or "landmine removal."
The army has set up six demining platoons, but these are not keeping pace with the problem.
The army conducts sweeps as it advances on guerrillas, and has a special battalion for "humanitarian" demining.
The detector, developed by a clutch of American universities and L3 CyTerra, a Florida firm, uses algorithms to analyse data from each detection system to determine if buried metallic objects might be part of a mine.GlobalSecurity.org, an American think-tank, reckons the AN/PSS-14 is a vast improvement over previous mine detectors and the Pentagon has promoted its use by demining organisations.
And perhaps most poignantly after two children died last week as a result of unexploded ammunition, demining teams urgently need to clear the vast quantities of unexploded ordnance that is making this densely populated area so dangerous.
Both demining groups were approached for comment: MAG did not immediately respond, while FSD declined to issue a statement.
While demining efforts have been under way across Cambodia for more than 15 years, the violent aftereffects of three decades of war are still being felt.
But for truly untrodden Sri Lanka, foreign visitors should apply to the country's ministry of defence for permission (it seems to be a formality) to head north up the now repaired and demined A9 – once called the Highway of Blood.
Sri Lanka's iconic A9 road closed in 1984, and was finally demined, rebuilt and reopened in 2013, linking Jaffna in the north with Kandy and all parts south.
As much as possible, the Mines Advisory Group (MAG) try to select women from the local farming communities to demine the fields.
"It makes it easier to demine.
But I demined it, and it was good farmland".
