COLOMBO, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- A two-member Sri Lanka Army de-mining team has been selected by the U.S.-based Marshall Legacy Institute (MLI) as "Team of the Year 2016," the country's army media unit said here on Monday.
The two member team, Alvin and its handler, Lance Corporal Nawarathne have since December 2011 de-mined a land area of approximately 73,340 square meters in the north and east of the island nation.
During the clearing program, they recovered 20 Rocket Propeller Grenades (RPGs), 48 grenades, 137 anti-personnel mines, 24 unexploded ordnance, 18 detonators and 243 ammunition and other explosive devices.
Their demining effort has enabled 1,945 displaced people belonging to 415 families to return home.
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