Coal India is developing a policy to provide financial support to aspiring mountaineers

The chairman of Coal India Limited (CIL), PM Prasad, stated that a policy to support future mountaineers financially is being considered. Through video conferencing, Prasad spoke at the 'Everest Summit's opening session from Kolkata. To commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Everest ascent, the event was held at Central Coalfields Limited's (CCL) convention complex in Ranchi.

Mountaineering, according to Prasad, is not only a demanding endeavour but also an expensive one. "Whether from the government or from our CSR, there should be some money for the purpose. For upcoming mountaineers, we are working on it, Prasad added. Up to 14 climbers who had successfully scaled Mount Everest were honoured during the first session to recognise their accomplishments.

The climbers motivated staff members and other stakeholders by sharing their Mount Everest summit experiences. Speaking at the event, Dr. B Veera Reddy, CMD director of CCL, noted that miners and climbers have a lot of characteristics. When they travel 600-700 metres deep, and occasionally almost a kilometre, miners confront many of the same difficulties that mountaineers do, such as high temperatures and humidity, he said.

In order to overcome the challenges that mountaineers face, they must be physically fit, mentally calm, and enduring. The difficulties they encountered are forgotten once they reach the pinnacle, he claimed. Reddy gave a breakdown of CCL's contribution to the promotion of sports, stating that it runs and maintains the JSSPS academy in Khelgaon, Ranchi, where 400 athletes receive training. They have won 900 medals so far. According to him, CCL invests over 550 crore rupees on CSR initiatives.

Mountaineers voiced concern about untrained and unprepared climbers participating in mountaineering during the interaction session. The first Indian woman to reach the seven summits, Premlata Agarwal, observed, "Many individuals attempt to become climbers without any training or preparation. They are defiling the mountains and causing problems for others as well as themselves.

She remarked, "We also bring down the human waste in a bag when we come down from a mountain." Jharkhand's first tribal woman to climb Mount Everest Binita Soren and other climbers such as Manisha Waghmare, Satyarup Siddhanta, Ranveer Jamwal, Kuntal Joisher, Priyanka Mohite, Bhagwan Chawale, Hemant Gupta, Aditi Vaidya, Anuja Vaidya, Jamling Tenzing, Megnha Parmar and Rudra Prasad Halder were also present to share their experiences.