About 3000 persons have been killed in landmine blasts and over 2000 sustained injuries in the last 10 years in India, a study has claimed.

In its latest report, Landmine Monitor, a research and monitoring programme of the Nobel prize-winning International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL), has noted that most of the casualties in landmine blasts have occurred in Jammu and Kashmir followed by Manipur.

The other states having witnessed casualties in the landmine blasts were Rajasthan, Punjab, Sikkim and Naxal-affected areas in eastern and central India, it said.

Landmine Monitor has also noted in its report that victims of the landmine blast or their families in may cases face difficulty in getting compensation from the government because of unsystematic process.

During meetings with mine survivors in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, the Landmine Monitor found that none of them had been compensated for four years.

"Field research revealed that, partly due to long bureaucratic claim process, no compensation had been given in Poonch for four years," the report said.

Control Arms Foundation of India (CAFI), a Delhi-based non-government organisation, said India remains one of the few countries which are still providing anti-personnel mines.

"Its stockpile is estimated to be between four and five million, which is fifth largest in the world," it added.

"156 countries have signed the Mine Ban Treaty. They have banned use, production, stockpile and trade of landmines. 39 countries including India, China, Pakistan, Russia and United states have yet to join the treaty for various reasons," diplomatic advisor to ICBL Satnam Jit Singh said.

He suggested that India must join the process as non-explosive viable alternatives already exist here.