ANAMA finds more UXOs in Jojug Marjanli

By Azernews

By Rashid Shirinov

Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA) inspected 14 houses in the liberated Jojug Marjanli village of Azerbaijan’s Jabrayil region on March 8.

The village was liberated by the Azerbaijani Armed Forces from the Armenian occupation in April 2016.

As a result of the check, ANAMA found 1,379 pieces of shrapnel, four units of unexploded ordnance, including a 82-millimeter OF-832 mortar shell and three amplifiers of TM-62P3 mine, and a TM-57 anti-tank mine.

By and large, ANAMA checked the area of 50,913 square meters in Jojug Marjanli during the day. Some 11,313 square meters were inspected manually, 15,200 square meters – mechanically, and the remaining 24,400 square meters were checked using mine-detecting dogs.

During the past 33 days, ANAMA checked 145 houses and the territory of the new road, which will be built in the village soon.

As a result, the agency discovered and neutralized 15 units of unexploded ordnance, three anti-tank missiles, the unexploded engine part of a rocket, a hand grenade, an artillery shell and three mine amplifiers, as well as three anti-personnel mines and 29 anti-tank mines.

A total of 966,783 square meters was cleared in Jojug Marjanli since the beginning of ANAMA operation.

Jojug Marjanli village was fully liberated from the Armenian occupation in April 2016, when Azerbaijani Armed Forces prevented an Armenian provocation on the contact line. To protect civilian population, the Azerbaijani army launched counter attacks and as a result, the Azerbaijani troops retook hills around the village of Talish, as well as Seysulan settlement, and also took over Leletepe hill located in the direction of Fizuli region.

In late January, President Ilham Aliyev ordered to restore Jojug Marjanli. Under the order, 4 million manats were allocated for the construction of 50 private houses, a school building and relevant infrastructure at the first stage.

Moreover, President Aliyev signed an order on additional measures to construct the road leading to the liberated Jojug Marjanli village and allocated 4.3 million manats from the state budget for the construction of 9 km long highway in the village.