Students to get cash prize of Rs 5L for climbing mountain peaks: Haryana CM

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, September 30

Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar flagged off a mountaineering team of school students here today and said a unique scheme for mountaineering would be formulated for students, under which a student who will climb any one of the 10 highest mountain peaks will be given a cash reward of Rs 5 lakh.

Programmes for children began in 2016

• Mountaineering programmes for students at school level first started in 2016, in collaboration with Sainik School, Kunjpura
• Since then, students of state government schools have successfully climbed the Friendship Peak, a 5,289-m high peak in Manali, Himachal Pradesh, five times
• On the basis of participation in these adventure programmes, Haryana has the distinction of winning the first position at national level in 2018-19

The Chief Minister said a team of 75 students and teachers from various government schools of the state, in collaboration with the School Education Department and National Adventure Club, Chandigarh, will go for mountaineering to Mount Yunam located at a height of 6,111 metres in Lahaul region of Himachal Pradesh.

He added that 25 specially-abled students are also part of the mountaineering team.

Mountaineering programmes for students at school level first started in 2016, in collaboration with Sainik School, Kunjpura. Since then, students of state government schools have successfully climbed the Friendship Peak, a 5,289-metre high peak located in Manali, Himachal Pradesh, five times. On the basis of participation in these adventure programmes, Haryana has the distinction of winning the first position at national level in 2018-19.