Nepal removes tonnes of waste from Himalayas; cleaning campaign also finds human bodies and skeleton


ISTANBUL (Bernama-Anadolu): Nepal has collected 11,000 kilogrammes of waste from Mount Everest, Lhotse and Nuptse, according to the country's army.

The Clean Himal campaign also recovered four human bodies and a human skeleton, along with 2,226 kilogrammes of biodegradable and 8,774 kilogrammes of non-biodegradable waste, the army stated on Wednesday, Anadolu Agency reported.

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