Kathmandu, Sept.
23: A memorial programme was organised to mark a tragic chopper crash at Ghunsa
of Taplejung at the Ramkot Park in Kathmandu.
The National
Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management conducted the memorial
assembly to mark the incident that killed all 24 people on board on September
23, 2006.
The crash site
was about 190 miles east of the capital city.
The helicopter was carrying the then Minister of
State for Forestry Gopal Rai, the chargé d'affaires of embassy of Finland Pauli
Mustonen and the United States Agency for International Development deputy
director in Nepal Margaret Alexander.
Likewise, geographer Dr. Harka Gurung, conservationist
Dr. Tirtha Man Maskey, secretary at the Ministry of Forestry Ministry Dr.
Damodar Prasad Parajuli, Director General of Department of National Parks and
Wildlife Conservation Narayan Poudel, Member of Taplejung Chamber of Commerce
and Industry Bijaya Kumar Shrestha, two Nepali journalists, representatives of
other organisations and four crew members - two Russians and two Nepalis, were
also in the helicopter.
“We have been
organising the memorial day every year,” said the chairman of the Fund Pushpa
Raj Pandey.
The Fund has
established statues of all 24 people who died in the accident.
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