Nepal Army to collect 35,000 kgs of garbage from the mountains
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The Nepal Army is going to conduct 'Clean Mountain Campaign 2023' in four mountain including Mount Sagarmatha, the world's highest peak.Under the campaign, the NA has targeted to collect at least 35,000 kilogrammes of decomposable and non-decomposable waste from Mount Everest, Lhotse, Barunche and Annapurna. The target is to collect 10,000 kgs of garbage from Everest, 5,000 from Lhotse, 10,000 from Barunche and 10,000 kg from Annapurna, according to NA spokesperson Krishna Prasad Bhandari.
The NA has accorded priority to the implementation of the government's national initiative to maintain the cleanliness of the world's highest mountains. Since 2019, the NA has been conducting the Clean Mountain campaign to help clean the mountains whil...
