Some respite for Sagarmatha, trying times for the Judiciary
Courtesy: welcomenepal.com The report The world's tallest peak, Mount Sagarmatha*, will surely get some respite if the government chooses to implement the report of a taskforce formed under Joint Secretary Ghanashyam Upadhyaya, it appears. According to a report in the Kantipur daily, the taskforce report submitted to Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, Yogesh Bhattarai, has proposed that only climbers, who have scaled six-thousanders and seven-thousanders, should be allowed to attempt the tallest peak . The report, to be made public at the ministry at 1 pm on Wednesday, quoted a source as saying that a climber should have scaled a peak of around 6,500 metres before seeking to climb Sagarmatha. This comes in the wake of increasing concerns worldwide about traffic jams at the world's tallest peak that has not only put climbers at risk but is also contributing to the degradation of the fragile Himalayan environment. Indee...