The politics of pollution
Air pollution does not respect national boundaries, neither should the solution to it
vehicular-emission
‘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...
Onset of winter leads to flight delays
With domestic and international flights now near pre-Covid levels, and the onset of winter means Kathmandu airport is once more living up...
Nepal is going up in smoke
Wildfires lead to hazardous air quality for third straight day, with no end in sight
Polluted politics
Along with poor quality of education, unaffordable healthcare, lack of safe drinking water, crumbling infrastructure, Nepalis have learnt not to expect anything...
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...
Mayoral airs
As winter sets in and air quality deteriorates, most of Kathmandu Valley’s 18 mayors gathered on Thursday in Patan to listen to...
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