Brig. Gen. Gunja Man Lama has been selected for the “Kumar Khadga Bikram Shah Contribution Award-2003”, the Nepal Mountaineering Association (NMA) said.
Kumar Khadga is founder president of NMA. NMA will confer the award to Brig. Lama for his “commendable rescue work and brave deeds in saving the lives of Nepali and foreign mountaineers every year.” The award will be presented November 1.
Kumar Khadga died in a Royal Palace shoot-out on June 1, 2001.