NA collects around 34 tonnes of waste from four mountains

KATHMANDU: Nepali Army has collected 34 tonnes of waste from four mountains under the 'Mountain Clean-up Campaign 2022'. This year's waste collection remains the highest in comparison to 2019 (at around 10 tonnes) and 2021 (at around 27.6 tonnes), according to NA. The campaign that kicked off on March 5 has come to a conclusion marking World Environment Day on Sunday. [gallery columns="1" link="file" size="full" ids="24557,24556,24555"] On the occasion, the team involved in cleaning campaign handed over the flag to Chief of Army Staff (CoAS) Prabhu Ram Sharma to mark the end of the campaign for this year. The campaign was launched in association with various non-governmental agencies and private sector, and garbage was retrieved from Mt Everest, Lhotse, Kanchenjunga and Manaslu. [gallery columns="1" link="file" size="full" ids="23628"] Among the solid waste brought from the mountains were 7,227 kilograms of biodegradable and the remaining were non-biodegradable, the NA shared. Similarly, the cleaning team collected skeletons of two humans from Mt Kanchenjunga. According to Himanshu Khadka, Director of the Campaign and Director at the National Park and Wildlife Reserve Directorate, the cleaning team included 30 NA personnel and 48 Sherpas as support staff. The biodegradable wastes were handed over to the concerned local levels while non-biodegradables were given to various organisations for recycling. Some waste is yet to be handed over, the NA said. At Sunday's event, Director General at the Department of Tourism, Taranath Adhikari, said that the need for a separate battalion or company of NA was felt for conservation and cleaning of the mountains. Likewise, CoAS Sharma asserted that it was the supreme duty of humans to maintain balance in environment in the face of growing environmental degradation. Stating that the 'Mountain Clean-up Campaign 2022' was one of the government's efforts towards environment conservation, the CoAS said that the NA had been only playing a leading role in it. [gallery columns="1" link="file" size="full" ids="24553,24558,24554"] He distributed appreciation certificates to the cleaning campaign members, supporting agencies and support staff. By RSS READ ALSO:

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