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Nepal restricts helicopters on Everest

Government will try to protect private interests of tourism operators

Nepal's supreme court has ordered the limitation of the number of climbers on the Everest mountain range and consequently the helicopters that will be able to access base camps on all the mountains in the country. Moreover, there is an order to curb the volume of waste abandoned on the peaks of the Asian state. It was reported by some local media.The judges of the Nepalese court accepted the public...

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Kathmandu, Nepal, 05/03/2024 09:28
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