India, April 29 -- In a move aimed at reducing overcrowding on the world's highest mountain peak, Nepal is set to introduce new regulations that would limit Everest climbing permits to only those with prior high-altitude mountaineering experience in the country.

According to the draft of a new law registered in the National Assembly, climbers will be required to have successfully scaled at least one 7,000-metre (22,965 ft) mountain in Nepal before qualifying for an Everest permit, a Reuters report mentioned.

The proposed legislation is part of a broader effort to address concerns over congestion on Mount Everest, particularly in the "death zone" - the area near the summit where oxygen levels are dangerously low.

Nepal, which relies hea...