Poisoning children at school
Schools situated along busy roads have air so toxic it is 8 times higher than what is considered safe
air-quality
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...
‘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...
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
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...
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