Kathmandu, Sept 3: The world’s highest summit, Mount Everest (Sagarmatha), has been often used to familiarize Nepal in the global arena.
The Mount Everest, which has the most significant contribution to tourism advancement in Nepal, is special for us from religious, touristic and economic perspectives. But, challenge has increased when the waste is being piled up in the highest peak lately with the increasing inflow of tourists and climbers.
In order to protect the Himalayas from the effects of climate change, drone technology has been recently used for waste collection in Mount Everest.
Cimax Inc., the official distributor of electric vehicles BYD in Nepal, has reported that it is collecting waste using drones in coordination with the Nepali drone company Airlift Technologies.
The company is working to collect 1,000 kgs of waste from the Everest region. The waste collection campaign in Nepal has been initiated under BYD’s global campaign titled ‘Cool the Earth by One Degree’ against climate change.
The campaign aims to promote clean energy and limit global temperature rise through zero carbon emissions.
Cimax Inc.’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Sahil Shrestha shared that they have joined this campaign both economically and technically as part of their social corporate responsibility.
According to Samir Shrestha, the market head of Cimex Inc., 286 kgs of waste has already been collected using drones from camp-1 of Mount Everest last season, and additional waste collection is ongoing this season.
“The Airlift Company had previously collected waste from the Everest region,” he said, “This time Cimex Inc. and Airlift Technology have started collecting 1,000 kg of wastes together.”
Highlighting the significant role of technology in the campaign against climate change, Shrestha shared that the use of drones has made waste collection easier.
“After successful use of drones in rope fixing, we have also used drones in waste collection,” he mentioned.
