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Sniffing out danger for Madhu pilgrims

With the Madhu Church festival approaching and government welcoming pilgrims for the event the de-mining process carried out by the Army Demining Unit has been stepped up. Specially trained dogs are providing active support to the clearing programme by sniffing out mines and alerting the handler. Pic by Priyantha Hewage.

 
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