The Nepal government on Monday ended its clean up drive ofthe Mount Everest wherein they collected around 11 tonnes of garbage that had accumulatedon the mountain peak for decades.

The clean-up initiative was introduced in mid-April andinvolved a team of 12 high altitude Sherpa climbers who spent over a month collectingthe wastes. The clean-up campaign cost around 23 million Nepalese rupee.

Along with the wastes, they had also collected four deadbodies from the high camps of Mount Everest that were brought to Kathmandu lastweek as informed by the Director-General of Nepal's Tourism Department.

Around 7 tonnes of wastes had been accumulated from theEverest Base Camp as well as the high camps and around 4 tonnes from the townsof Lukla as well as Namche Bazar, both of which are the entrance to Everest.

Environmentalists are concerned about the degradation of theecological balance of the Everest as a result of increasing number ofmountaineers investing huge amount of money to reach the summit in every springclimbing season and as they take the unsafe climb, they not only risk theirlives but also leave behind a trail of thrash.

Everest which was previously known as the World's highestmountain peak has recently earned the title of 'the world's highest garbagedump'.  

China had also launched a similar clean-up drive on theNorthern side of Mount Everest.