Kathmandu. Nepal Life Insurance Company Limited in collaboration with Round Table Nepal has collected 5,000 kilograms of waste deposited on Mt Everest under the Project Care Campaign. Chairman of Round Table Nepal Pravesh Agrawal handed over the report to Pravin Raman Parajuli, CHIEF Executive Officer of Nepal Life Insurance, at a special ceremony held at the central office of Nepal Life Insurance at Kamaladi.
Deputy CEO of the company Amit Kumar Kayal, outgoing Chairman of Round Table Nepal Nitesh Kumar Agrawal, office bearers of Round Table Nepal, representatives of Sagarmatha Pollution Control Committee as technical partner of Project Care, representatives of Khalicci, an organization contributing to waste management, recycling, and environmental protection, were present on the occasion.
Chief Executive Officer of Nepal Life, Parajuli, said that Nepal Life has collaborated with Round Table Nepal and technical partner Sagarmatha Pollution Control Committee (SPCC) to conduct the Sagarmatha Clean-up Campaign as part of its corporate social responsibility.
He thanked all the stakeholders involved in collecting 5,000 kilograms of waste in the first phase. He expressed his commitment that Nepal Life is always ready to protect the environment and maintain the beauty of Sagarmatha, which has been established as nepal’s heritage and identity in the days to come.
Chief Executive Officer Parajuli said sagarmatha is the jewel of not only Nepal but also of the world and it needs to be protected.
Chairman of Round Table Nepal, Pravesh Agrawal, said that 5,000 kg of waste has been collected in the Sagarmatha region this time and 25,000 kg of waste management has been planned in the coming days.
Stating that Round Table Nepal has been working in the fields of education, health and environment, he pledged to continue this campaign.
As Mt Everest is the world’s attraction, the number of climbers is increasing with the increase in garbage, he said. Stating that the government of Nepal and the international community have also been making cleanliness efforts, it has not been effective, he expressed the belief that the campaign has brought a big change.
He said that the waste was buried below the base camp and the non-biodegradable waste was brought to Kathmandu in a 30 kg bag. There is a plan to recycle the waste brought to Kathmandu in collaboration with Khalicc, he said. Agarwal thanked Nepal Life for participating in the campaign, saying small efforts would have a huge impact.
Mount Everest, the world’s highest mountain, attracts thousands of climbers every year, but with the increase in human activity, Mt. Everest is becoming a garbage dump. Nepal Life Insurance Company Limited in collaboration with Round Table Nepal has supported project care campaign with the aim of not making it the “world’s tallest garbage site” due to discarded tents, oxygen cylinders, food packaging, human waste and mountaineering equipment being released into the mountains.
