Kolkata, February 18 The Red Shield division of the Indian Army's Spear Corps has cleared a 2.6 km stretch along the India-Myanmar border in dense jungle terrain, destroying nine IEDs and two pieces of ordnance in Manipur, a Defence official said on Wednesday.
The sanitization and demining operation in the area was carried out at the request of government agencies to facilitate the resumption of stalled border fencing work following intelligence inputs regarding improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and unexploded ordnance due to the presence of former insurgent camps, the official said in a statement.
The Red Shield division carried out the operation along the India-Myanmar Border at Yangoubung, Manipur, between January 16 and 17, he said.
"Operating in dense jungle terrain under challenging security conditions, the team cleared and sanitized a corridor measuring 2.6 km × 13 metres," he said.
During the operation, nine IEDs and two unexploded ordnance were destroyed, the official said.
The operation has enabled Survey of India teams and construction agencies to proceed with critical border infrastructure work, he added.