West Bengal Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi today congratulated a team of mountaineers for their successful expedition to the Mt Everest.
A release from the Raj Bhavan said four climbers Malay Mukherjee, Rudra Prasad Haldar, Ramesh Roy and Satyarup siddhanta, under the leadership of Debasish Biswas, today called on the Governor.
On April 13, 2015 Governor handed over the National Flag to the expedition team, which was unfurled at the summit on May 21, 2016.
The expedition was postponed for sometime due to the powerful earth-quake in Nepal. It started again from Kolkata on April 7, 2016.
The team reached the Everest Base Camp (5350 mt) on May 15, and conquered the highest peak of the world at 5.30 AM on May 21. The team returned to Kolkata on June 2, the release said.
