Nepal's Department of Tourism has taken note of the row over Haryana-based mountaineer Narender Singh's alleged fake Mt Everest Summit claim in the spring of May 2016, and intends to soon start a full-fledged investigation.

Talking to this writer from Kathmandu, Mira Acharya, Under-Secretary, who heads the mountaineering section at DoT under the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, says, "I am very sad to note that Indian climbers year after year are creating controversies. Personally, I have spoken to the people concerned here as well. So, we are definitely looking into Narender Singh's issue and we will investigate it thoroughly and try to solve the issue at the earliest."