World's highest automatic weather station to be set up on Mt Everest
Chinese scientists are mounting efforts to establish a meteorological monitoring station at an altitude of 8,800 meters on Mount Everest, the world's highest peak, on the China-Nepal border, Xinhua reported.
If the station is established successfully, it will replace the one at an altitude of 8,430 meters set up by the British and US scientists on the south side of the mountain in 2019, to be the world's highest of its kind, according to the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research (ITP), Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Equipment weighing some 50 kg will be dismantled and distributed to mountaineers, each of whom will carry no more than 7 kg up onto the mountain for the establishment, said Zhao Huabiao, a researcher with the ITP.
Currently, the engineers in charge of establishing the station are still waiting for the perfect weather for mountaineering.
Including the highest, eight elevation gradient meteorological stations will be set up on Mount Qomolangma, one of the main tasks in China's new comprehensive scientific expedition on the world's highest peak at the height of 8,848.86 meters, according to Xinhua.
Three meteorological stations were established at sea levels of 7,028 meters, 7,790 meters and 8,300 meters, respectively, earlier this year on the north side of the mountain, bringing the total number of operational weather stations between the altitudes between 5,200 meters and 8,300 meters to seven. Last year, four stations at sea levels of 6,500 meters, 5,800 meters, 5,400 meters and 5,200 meters were set up.
The new comprehensive scientific expedition on Mount Qomolangma is part of China's second scientific research survey on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, which started in 2017.
Zhao said the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is facing a warming tendency along with global warming, and the higher the altitude is on the plateau, the more the temperature has risen.
Such a conclusion is only based on the data of weather stations at sea levels below 5,000 meters and the estimated calculation in accordance with the remote sensing data, because weather monitoring data from high-altitude stations were missing in the past, Xinhua reported.
The eight stations will collect the wind speed and wind direction data, as well as relative humidity on the north side of Qomolangma, and the elevation gradient meteorological station system is of great significance for monitoring the melting glaciers and mountain snow at the high altitudes, said Zhao.
The expedition team will also set up glacier radar and measure the thickness of snow and ice at the summit of the mountain, he said, according to Xinhua.
Ward member candidate injured in Baitadi Khukuri attack
A ward member candidate of Dilasaini Rural Municipality-5, Baitadi was injured in a khukuri attack on Monday.
Hari Ram Saud (60) was attacked with the khukuri at around 10 pm yesterday, Inspector Lok Raj Joshi of the District Police Office, Baitadi said.
It has been learnt that a candidate of Maoist Centre, Hari Ram was attacked by the group of Ajit Saud.
Police said that he sustained injuries on his head and body.
The District Police Office said that Hari Ram has been referred to a hospital in Dhangadhi after receiving primary treatment at the local Gokuleshwor Hospital.
One killed in Morang bike collision
A person died when two motorcycles collided with each other in Urlabari Municipality-8 of Morang district on Monday.
DSP Deepak Shrestha, spokesperson at the District Police Office, Morang, said that the incident occurred when the bike (Province 1-02-042 Pa 1600) heading towards south from north collided head-on with another bike (Me 7 Pa 6371) last night.
The deceased has been identified as bike (6371) rider Ganesh Sitaula (45).
Critically injured in the incident, he breathed his last during the course of treatment at the Urlabari-based Araniko Hospital, DSP Shrestha said.
Pillion rider Akash Limbu (29) was injured in the incident.
Police said that they have ampounded both the bikes following the incident and arrested another bike rider Yogin Kumar Gurung (32) of Urlabari-9 for investigation.
One held with 100 gram gold from TIA
Police have arrested a man with 100 gram gold from the Tribhuvan International Airport on Tuesday.
A 28-year-old man, who arrived in Kathmandu from Kuwait boarding a Jazira Air's flight at 7 am on Tuesday, was apprehended by the airport customs office.
Police said that the man was detained after he was found concealing the precious yellow inside a mixture.
Further investigation into the incident is underway, police said.
