Kathmandu, May 12
A team of surveyors deployed by the Nepal government to measure the height of Mount Everest, the highest peak of the world, is currently at the base camp, waiting for the weather to be clear so that they can begin the ascent.
Team members have informed that they have planned to keep the measuring device on the top of the world within next 15 days. The ground navigation satellite system with be kept there for at least 30 minutes.
The team had left Kathmandu for the mission last month. This is the first time that the government is preparing to measure the height of Everest.
The current measurement of 8,848 metres is reported by a joint team of China and Italy in 1975. Since then, the peak has been measured in 1999 and 20005 also; however, their results are not widely accepted.
Some people have assumed that the 2015 earthquake has affected the height of Everest. This mission, hence, will try to be clear confusions about it.
Meanwhile, Minister for Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation Padma Kumari Aryal and the Ministry’s Secretary Gopi Nath Mainali also reached the base camp on Saturday and took stock of the situation.
The officials stayed for around two hours at the camp located at an altitude of 5,300 metres.
