Making a difference on the ground in India .

IPPNW’s Dr. Balkrishna Kurvey, Coordinator of the Indian Campaign to Ban Landmines, and a leader of the Indian Institute for Peace, Disarmament & Environmental Protection, helped organize Making a Difference on the Ground - marches & a public rally of landmines survivors and others in Sri Ganga Nagar, Rajasthan (a landmines affected state) India, in February 2009. The events marked the 10th anniversary of the Mine Ban Treaty and were held during the global week of action on landmines. 128 landmine victims marched to raise awareness of the human suffering inflicted by these devastating weapons, and served a petition to local administrators and legislators that was also sent to national government leaders asking for physical and economic rehabilitation support for victims of landmines and cluster munitions, and strongly urged the government of India to sign the Mine Ban and Cluster Munitions Treaties to prevent more casualties and suffering. Over 150 states have signed the Mine Ban Treaty, and 96 the Cluster Munitions.