The government has banned helicopters used for sightseeing from landing at the Everest Base Camp (EBC) to preserve the fragile geological structure of the area.
The government took such decision after reports about the ill-effects of helicopter landing at the EBC from civil service employees who had gone for an Everest expedition.
The expedition team had reported chief secretary Madhav Prasa
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/govt-bans-helicopter-landing-ebc
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/nepal-news-nepal
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/nepal
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mountain-ecosystems
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/environment
