Tourism Department to control Himalayan accidents

            Kathmandu, Nov 13: The Tourism Department has initiated a process for the pre-caution to be taken to control the accidents in the Himalayan treks.

            The Department has brought an eight-point draft of rules which the trekking organizations, mountaineers and trekkers would abide by so that they could control the loss of lives and property during the mountaineering and adventurous trekking.

            The Department prepared the draft after a large number of mountaineers including foreigners lost their life at Mt. Everest base-camp, Annapurna trekking route and various high altitudes of the country this year.

            It was concluded that such accidents were rife this year as the trekking rules were not implemented effectively. It was admitted by the tourism entrepreneurs tood.

            Time has come for the trekking agencies, trekkers, mountaineers, porters and other concerned people and organizations to abide by the rules.

            The Department has drawn attention of the concerned people, organizations and trekking agencies regarding such incidents, told Tulasi Prasad Gautam, Director General of the Department. He said the Department would hold necessary consultations with the bodies concerned to implement the eight-point draft, he added.

            The new concept brought by the Department includes implemention of the tourism regulations, no trekking without guide and others. RSS