Nepal increases permit fees for climbing Mount Everest by 36 per cent to $15,000 and also introduced a slew of measures aimed at controlling garbage pollution on the world's tallest peak
Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, wrote on X, that a special meeting of council of ministers declared the national day of mourning on 23rd of Ashoj (Tuesday), to mourn the loss of lives.
To date, based on the recommendation of the Nepal Mountaineering Association, an institution comprising several stakeholders in the mountaineering sector, the government had allowed the guides to travel with the mountaineers
