Amit Bishnoi
Kathmandu : Human beings have been destroying nature since the beginning of the sixteenth century. Now, it is happening on a grand scale. As a result, global warming has become a growing factor. Yet, there are some plans to save the ecosystem. As part of the project, the Nepal Army has launched a clean-up drive of Mount Everest and three other peaks.
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To clean up Mount Everest is an arduous task. Nevertheless, a 92-member team has collected over 33 tonnes of wastes including human skeletons from Mount Everest, Mount Lhotse, Mount Kanchenjunga and Mount Manslu. The drive began from April 5 and is still going on. All these peaks attract climbers from different parts of the world every year.
According to a Nepal Army Brigadier General Himansu Khadka, 33,877 kg of wastes have been collected from the four mountains along with skeletons of two human bodies. The teams have segregated bio-degradable and non-biodegradable wastes. It weighed 7,227kg and 26, 650kg respectively. The skeletons recovered from the base camp of Kanchenjunga were handed over to the district police of Taplejung for identification and cremation.
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The Nepal Army has been leading the clean-up drive since 2019, but the campaign had to be stopped because of the corona pandemic. Environmentalists across the world have appreciated the Nepal Army’s efforts to clean up the four mountains which are very important. It will help the people to keep the environment clean.
