Haryana School Students to Get Rs 5 Lakh for Climbing Highest Mountain Peaks of World: CM

School college students from Haryana who would climb any one of many 10 highest mountain peaks on the planet can be given a money award of Rs 5 lakh, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar mentioned on Thursday. He mentioned {that a} distinctive scheme for mountaineering could be formulated for the college youngsters of the state. “Under this, a student who will climb any one of the 10 highest mountain peaks will be given a cash reward of Rs 5 lakh,” Khattar mentioned.

The chief minister flagged off a mountaineering group of schoolchildren right here, an official assertion mentioned. He mentioned that as a part of the seventy fifth ’Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’, a group of 75 college students and academics from numerous authorities colleges of the state in collaboration with the School Education Department and National Adventure Club, Chandigarh, will undertake a mountaineering expedition to Mount Yunam, which has a peak of over 6,000 metres and falls within the Lahaul area of Himachal Pradesh. Haryana is named a sports activities hub. The gamers of the state have introduced the utmost variety of medals within the recently-held Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, he mentioned.