Home Minister Ramesh Akbar and Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Badri Prasad Pandey today visited the base camp area of ​​Mount Everest.

In order to get direct information about the condition of mountaineers in terms of tourist season and to observe the peace and security situation, the author and Pandey Khumbu have reached the Everest base camp located in Pasanglhamu Rural Municipality-4. The helicopter carrying both the ministers landed in the Khumbu area early in the morning.  During the

visit, the home minister said that the government is ready to create an environment where helicopters can fly freely in the Everest region for rescue, mountain climbing support and the convenience of tourists. He mentioned that helicopters are essential for rescuing tourists who are physically weak or have accidents and made it clear that the government's policy is focused on making such services easy and moderate. 

The Home Minister said, 'The government is now implementing a people-oriented policy in a different way to promote tourism in the Everest region, we are not stopping rescue helicopter flights, we are preparing to regulate unorganized and unnecessary flights.' So far, there has been a local demand that non-rescue helicopter flights should be stopped in the Everest region.