Dehradun:
An unexplored Himalayan peak in Uttarakhand will be named after former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, state Tourism Minister Satpal Maharaj said on Friday.
A team of mountaineers from Uttarkashi’s Nehru Institute of Mountaineering will embark on an expedition to find that peak very soon, he told reporters here.
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“We plan to name an unknown peak in the Himalayas after former prime minister Vajpayee. A team of mountaineers will soon start on an expedition in search of it,” he said.
The idea to christen a peak after Vajpayee was conceived in view of the former prime minister’s love of nature and the mountains, he said.
