The Indian government has said it plans to measure the height of Mount Everest for a second time to assess whether it changed as a result of the 2015 Nepal earthquake.
Surveyor-General Swarna Subba Rao said an expedition would be sent to the world's highest mountain in two months.
Nepalese officials, however, told the BBC that no agreement had been reached on allowing an Indian team access. Cheap Dedicated Server Hosting Provider in South Africa
Satellite data has indicated the quake impact reduced the height of the peak.
The most widely recognised height, 8,848m (29,028ft), came from an Indian survey 62 years ago.
Scientists have said that the height of a swathe of the Himalayas dropped by around one metre shortly after the 7.8 magnitude Nepal earthquake.
source:-BBC
Surveyor-General Swarna Subba Rao said an expedition would be sent to the world's highest mountain in two months.
Nepalese officials, however, told the BBC that no agreement had been reached on allowing an Indian team access. Cheap Dedicated Server Hosting Provider in South Africa
Satellite data has indicated the quake impact reduced the height of the peak.
The most widely recognised height, 8,848m (29,028ft), came from an Indian survey 62 years ago.
Scientists have said that the height of a swathe of the Himalayas dropped by around one metre shortly after the 7.8 magnitude Nepal earthquake.
source:-BBC
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