Kathmandu. Nepal Life has collaborated with Round Table Nepal to collect waste on Mount Everest. The company has signed a memorandum of understanding with Round Table Nepal to collaborate on the Project Care campaign to collect garbage accumulated on Mount Everest.
The agreement was signed today at a special ceremony organized at Global College in Kathmandu by the company’s CEO Praveen Raman Parajuli and the Chairman of Round Table Nepal, Mr. Pravesh Agrawal.
The program was inaugurated by lighting a lamp in the panas by the company’s CEO Praveen Raman Parajuli, Deputy CEO Amit Kumar Kayal, Chairman of Round Table Nepal Pravesh Agrawal, outgoing Chairman Nitesh Kumar Agrawal and representative of the Everest Pollution Control Committee, which is the technical partner of this project. .
Nepal Life has collaborated with Round Table Nepal and technical partner, Sagarmatha Pollution Control Committee (SPCC) to conduct a clean-up campaign on Mount Everest as part of its corporate social responsibility, informed Parajuli, CEO of the company. CEO Parajuli said that since Mount Everest is a jewel not only of Nepal but also of the world, it is necessary to protect it.
Round Table Nepal Chairman Pravesh Agrawal said that the target is to collect 5,000 kg of waste in the Everest region this time and plans have been made to manage 25,000 kg of waste in the coming days. He also stated that Round Table Nepal has been working in the fields of education, health and environment and expressed his commitment to continue this campaign.
Nitesh Kumar Agrawal, the current president of Round Table Nepal, said that since Mount Everest is a world attraction, the number of climbers is increasing rapidly. He expressed confidence that this campaign will bring about a big change, saying that although the Nepalese government and the international community have continued their cleaning efforts, they have not been effective. He said that during this, the decomposing waste will be transported below the base camp and the non-decomposable waste will be brought to Kathmandu in 30-kilogram bags.
Tshering Sherpa, a representative of the Everest Pollution Control Committee, said that the start of this campaign, although late, is positive. Noting that negative news about the garbage on Mount Everest has started appearing in the international media, he said that this campaign will make a significant contribution to solving the problem. Although the Nepal government has made it mandatory for every climber above the base camp to bring at least 1 kg of garbage, this problem has not been completely resolved, he said.
Mount Everest, the world’s highest mountain, attracts thousands of climbers every year, but with the increase in human activity, Everest is becoming a garbage dump, said Amit Kumar Kayal, deputy chief executive officer of the company. This collaboration was done with the intention of preventing the mountain from becoming the “world’s highest garbage dump” due to abandoned tents, oxygen cylinders, food packaging, human waste and mountaineering equipment left on the mountain.
The event was attended by Nepal Life employees, Round Table Nepal officials and media personnel from various media outlets. Nepal Life Insurance has been conducting various programs nationwide under its Corporate Social Responsibility program.
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