Students Climb Mount Everest

The Maharashtra government has announced a reward of Rs 25 lakh each to the state's five tribal students who successfully scaled the world's highest peak Mount Everest earlier this month.

Four tribal students from Maharashtra have successfully scaled Mount Everest, the world's highest mountain, state finance minister Sudhir Mungantiwar said Tuesday evening.

17-year-old Sadhanapally Anand Kumar from Telangana is the first Dalit to climb the world's highest peak - Mount Everest. He is a Class XII student in a government-run social welfare hostel in Telangana's Khammam district.

The Maharashtra government has announced a reward of Rs 25 lakh each to the state's five tribal students who successfully scaled the world's highest peak Mount Everest earlier this month.

Four tribal students from Maharashtra have successfully scaled Mount Everest, the world's highest mountain, state finance minister Sudhir Mungantiwar said Tuesday evening.

17-year-old Sadhanapally Anand Kumar from Telangana is the first Dalit to climb the world's highest peak - Mount Everest. He is a Class XII student in a government-run social welfare hostel in Telangana's Khammam district.