Solukhumbu : The risk of a attainable disaster from Imja Glacial Lake in Solukhumbu district has shrivelled with the Nepal Army succeeded in lowering its water level.

The Nepal Army personnel worked for eight months to avert a attainable danger from the lake and eventually succeeded in bringing down the lake water level by 3.4 meters. The lake is one among the quickest growing glacial lakes within the range that is at a high risk of exploding.

The UN Development Programme (UNDP) funded Community based mostly Flood and Glacial Lake Outburst Risk Reduction Project to cut back the lake's water level.

The Nepal Army had began to work on the project last April. The UNDP funded 300 million for its implementation of the project. The Department of Meteorology and Hydrology will now regularly monitor the status of the lake and take efforts for its management.

Minister for Defence Balkrishna Khand was here these days to inaugurate a technical structure put in at Khumjung here when successful in lowering the water level. On the occasion, he applauded the metal for its accomplishment in debilitating the water off the lake.