more-inThe Survey of India would soon “remeasure” the height of Mount Everest to verify doubts expressed over it in some sections of the scientific community following the major earthquake in Nepal two years ago and to help scientific studies, Surveyor General of India Swarna Subba Rao has said. “We are sending an expedition to Mount Everest. Everest height was declared, if I remember correctly, in 1855,” said Mr. Rao on the sidelines of a meeting of Geospatial World Forum in Hyderabad. But the height given by the Survey of India, even today, is taken as the correct height. Second reason is, it helps in scientific studies, plate movements etc,” he said.

Source: The Hindu January 24, 2017 07:41 UTC