Former Inspector General (IGP) of Armed Police Force (APF) Saha Bir Thapa has died in Kathmandu at the age of 61, Monday evening. Former IGP Thapa passed away at Norvic Hospital while undergoing treatment for his neuro ailments. His body will be kept at APF headquarters, Halchok Tuesday morning for final tribute and the final rites will be performed Tuesday afternoon, family sources said.
Mount Saipal, a 6,925 m high beautiful summit in far-western Nepal, has been scaled for the first time. An expedition team of three French mountaineers and a Nepali climbing guide successfully scaled the mountain last month, more than half century since the beginning of mountaineering in Nepal. Expedition leader Paulo Gabriel said, his team scaled the mountain on October 29, Kantipur daily reported from Humla. They reached the summit on the tenth day of embarking from Chala village of Humla, said Gabriel. A German expedition team which had gone with them returned from an altitude of 5,500m. Mount Saipal lies on the border of Humla, Bajura and Bajhang.
The daily wages of trekking guides and porters will be increased by Rs 200 per day on all routes from next year. From the beginning of 2013, Trekking Guides will get Rs 1200 per day on Everest trek and Rs 1100 on Annapurna and Langtang Trek. Porters will get Rs 1000 per day on Everest Trek and Rs 900 on Langtang and Annapurna Trek. The umbrella organisation of the Trekking Agents and a consortium of three trade unions in tourism sector signed a pact to this effect recently. We decided to implement the new rates only from next year as the tourism season has already started this year, said Mahendra Singh Thapa, president of Trekking Agents Association of Nepal (TAAN). Earlier, porters used to get Rs 700 per day for Langtang and Annapurna trek and Rs 800 per day for Everest. Guides used to get Rs 800 per day for Annapurna and Langtang and Rs 1000 per day for Everest. TAAN is also working on increasing the accidental death and medical insurance of guides and portars.
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