open-garbage-burning

Kathmandu's toxic trash

Open garbage burning is reducing the lifespan of Nepalis

Sonia Awale

No smoke without fire in Kathmandu

Perhaps the most overlooked source of the tiny particulate matter that makes Kathmandu’s air so hazardous is the open burning of household...

Polluted politics

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

Breathing is hazardous to health

https://youtu.be/0E0s-5VtGU4Rekha Thapa of Dailekh, in far western Nepal had a job in Kathmandu after graduation, but she was not able to join....

Dirty politics = Dirty air

That Nepal’s political leadership does not care about the health of its people is abundantly clear from its handling of the Covid-19...

Sonia Awale
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