'Pollution on Mount Everest can impact the health of local people'

Glaciers being the water source for local people in the Khumbu region, increasing pollution on Mount Everest has become a health concern. Tshering Sherpa, president of Sagarmatha Pollution Control Committee (SPCC), says for sustainable development in the Sagarmatha region, there should be a balance between income generation and protection of the environment.

Source: SPCC