God gifted Sri-Lanka, rich green coconut industries. This green industries , suddenly paralyzed. People were forced to remove. The factor was landmines planted by Sri-Lankan Army and the rival group to defend the territory. This is demonstrated from the case of landmines buried under ground by Sri Lankan Army around the Jaffna International Airport ( then known as Sri Lanka Airforce ), how satellite specific band frequency detects landmine buried under the ground. This is effective technique in detecting the landmines. Landmines release specific vapor temperature on ground surface. This is not visible through ordinary human eyes or detected by the metal detector, as most of the explosives are built in plastic container. But satellite immediately detects the vapor temperature on the ground surface. The satellite is essential tool for detecting the landmines and managing effectively the landmine clearance program. Many European agencies are funding organization in Sri Lanka for the landmine clearance program. Most of the fund has wasted as badly the program has been managed. The reason is poor monitoring. Lack of satellite knowledge has increased case of poor monitoring of the landmine clearance program. This is novel audit technique for detection and clearance of landmines. The audit technique is developed by this author, who is a qualified Social Impact Assessment Auditor with rich professional experience in the use of satellite. For audit consultation on landmines detection and clearance, the auditor can be reached at birendrajha03@yahoo.com )
*Birendra K Jha
For business consultation reach at : birendrajha03@yahoo.com
Following pictures taken from the satellite, exhibit the area surrounding the Jaffna International Airport ( Sri Lanka ). This is demonstrated here to understand the importance of satellite in landmine clearance program and effective administration and conduct of assessment audit on the clearance program.
These three pictures are required to be studied minutely for understanding the satellite concept and technique in conducting the effective audit of the landmine clearance program.
Three pictures are here. In Dec 1996, the Jaffna International Airport ( top middle side, the airport is seen ). The airport then was peaceful. When disturbance from the LTTE started, the Sri Lankan Army placed landmines to protect this airport ( which was then Military base) . This landmine was planted in 1997. The second satellite picture, shows the brown color thread line covering the airport. This is landmine. A yellow broken line is shown in third picture around this landmine. This landmine extended to the village Tellippalai. People were forced to evacuate the village.
Two pictures are here of one spot showing the Jaffna International Airport. In 1999, the LTTE lost control in this area. This allowed the Sri Lankan Government to remove the landmine placed around the airport and once again rehabilitated the people in villages like Tellippipalai. The organization, which was involved in landmine clearance did poor work. The work was badly managed. In Dec 2000 satellite intimated that by mistake a strip of landmine has not been removed by the organization. This is seen at the location marked in the second picture at the yellow broken line area. The quality of landmines removal performance operation was very poor and dangerous. Airport started operating here and villagers were also allowed to settle in the villages. People moved around this dangerous landmine strip. Soon the LTTE gain control in this area. The villagers once again were forced to evacuate. They returned back only when the civil war ended. When they returned, they found that they had lost everything. They started new life with the agrarian practice. But, their agrarian lands were in dangerous condition. They do not know, where landmines are planted ?
I have used satellite earlier for auditing the underwater structures in the Gulf of Kutch. This has been the Analogue Technique, what I developed. This provided the correct timing to the satellite, when it can look under the water. Here also detail imaging color frequency bands were used under the water, which were able to penetrate the water. Similar technique I used to explore and detect the landmines for humanitarian program and know exactly the real clearance in the Social Impact Assessment Audit.
As stated earlier, I studied deeply the pattern of landmines in Sri Lanka for four years from 2021, 2022, 2023 & 2024 and found that satellite in specific band frequency detects brilliantly the buried landmines. This is great break through of satellite in landmine detection and clearance program.
So far the clearance figure is poor. Poor clearance figure damages society, economy and many other things. It is also the compliance requirement of the Sri Lanka’s Government. The Government has signed "Mine Ban Treaty". Under Article 5 of the "Mine Ban Treaty", Sri Lanka is required to destroy all landmines under its jurisdiction by 1 June 2028. Only four years are left to meet this compliance. This is very short time and more team and resources are required to pump here for the mines clearance.
The Jaffna-Kandy highway and other highway corridor, have multiple minefields. Earlier the LTTE blocked the Jaffna-Kandy highway, with heavy mines and also blocked the Naval ship movement inside the lagoon area near the Jaffna Fort.
Throughout the Worldwide Impact Assessment Audit on programs of landmine clearance, the Impact Assessment Auditor should must use the satellite data while writing the final audit report. As earlier stated, any Impact Assessment Audit report without satellite data is of no use, which deals sensitive and humanitarian issues like this landmine clearance at Sri Lanka.
What Is Required:
1) Extensive training and knowledge development is required of entire people involved in handling the landmine clearance. This training should must be on the effective use of satellite. Most of the organization in Sri Lanka involved in landmine clearance are suspicious. They still work through local information and guess. Hardly they are using satellite. Hence performance of landmine clearance is extremely poor. Yet they have been funded by the European agencies. This is required to be effectively monitored by the European agencies, funding the organization in Sri Lanka.
2) The educated villagers can use the satellite technique to support their village in landmine clearance program.
3) This is sensitive and humanitarian issues. Hence, wide awareness is required from the Government side as well as the organization looking looking landmine clearance.
4) The landmine clearance mistake as seen in the above case at the Jaffna International Airport, where a strip of landmine remain unremoved in 2000 can be avoided. This can be avoided when you are satellite educated. The satellite illiterates, have no use in satellite clearance program.
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