air-quality

Poisoning children at school

Schools situated along busy roads have air so toxic it is 8 times higher than what is considered safe

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

‘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...

Happy New Air

On Thursday morning, Nepali Times photographer Amit Machamasi was greeted with a shocking sight when he drove up to Nagarkot to take...

Sonia Awale

Dirty Kathmandu air gets dirtier

Kathmandu’s air quality has just got considerably worse, not just because of dirtier air, but because the World Health Organisation (WHO) has...

While the forests are burning

Nepal continues to face a series of forest fire incidents

No smoke without fire

Nepalis continue to endure the worst air quality in recent years as wildfires ravage the forests at unprecedented rates. The country has...

Nepal is going up in smoke

Wildfires lead to hazardous air quality for third straight day, with no end in sight

Kunda Dixit

Wildfires in Nepal cause air quality to plummet

Kathmandu Valley endured one of the worst air quality in recent years on Friday as wildfires fanned by strong winds scorched forests...

Polluted politics

Along with poor quality of education, unaffordable healthcare, lack of safe drinking water, crumbling infrastructure, Nepalis have learnt not to expect anything...