Government arranging social security for climbers

KATHMANDU: Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Badri Prasad Pandey has announced to institute a welfare fund for climbers.

Felicitating climber Phunjo Jhangmu Lama and other mountaineers in Kathmandu on Sunday, he said a welfare fund would be established for social security and promotion of mountaineering.

At a felicitation programme organised by Chumnubri Rural Municipality of Gorkha, Lama was honored for setting a record by climbing Mount Everest in the shortest time (14 hours and 31 minutes).

Minister Pandey also honored other mountaineers, including Mingmar Tshering Lama, Nangsel Chhodon Lama, Nanu Maya Gurung, Diki Lhamu Lama and Yukta Gurung.