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air-pollution

Cleaner air, longer lives

Air pollution is reducing the lifespan of Nepalis, and we know how to clean it up

Epicentre of pollution

Shocking fact: Polluted air reduces life expectancy by up to 4 years in Kathmandu and 6.5 years in the Tarai

Sonia Awale

Cleaner Air = Longer Lives

Air pollution reduces lifespans, and people in South Asia are the most affected

Why is the air in Bhaktapur so bad?

Brick kilns, heavy highway traffic and prevailing winds make air quality the dirtiest in Kathmandu Valley

Hefty fines fail to deter polluting vehicles

Kathmandu's drivers would rather pay hefty fines than get an emission test for Rs35

Kathmandu's toxic trash

Open garbage burning is reducing the lifespan of Nepalis

Sonia Awale

WARNING: Breathing is hazardous to health

Two studies published this week show that the air in Kathmandu is even more hazardous to health than previous research showed because...

Sonia Awale

Dirty snow defrosts Nepal’s mountains

Fine suspended particles in the air have reached harmful levels, and are reducing the average lifespan of people in urban Nepal by...

Sonia Awale

Things are up in the air in Nepal

Everyone in Kathmandu knows we breathe some of the dirtiest air in the world. As if we needed any more proof, a new study...

Sonia Awale

‘Nepal must scrap old diesel vehicles’

The rapidly deteriorating air quality in Nepal demands an overhaul of its over a quarter million diesel-powered buses and trucks as well...

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