Tag: #AQI
Articles tagged with #AQI
No smoke without fire
Due to smoke from wildfires, Kathmandu once more holds the dubious distinction of the capital with worst 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
EV year २०८१
The next budget must proactively promote battery-powered vehicles to slash Nepal’s petroleum import and improve air quality
Why is the air in Bhaktapur so bad?
Brick kilns, heavy highway traffic and prevailing winds make air quality the dirtiest in Kathmandu Valley
‘Nepal must scrap old diesel vehicles’
Morning rush hour at the congested Koteswor intersection in Kathmandu. Photo: AMIT MACHAMASIThe rapidly deteriorating air quality in Nepal…
Happy New Air
Photo: AMIT MACHAMASIOn Thursday morning, Nepali Times photographer Amit Machamasi was greeted with a shocking sight when he drove up to…
Dirty Kathmandu air gets dirtier
Photo: NEPALI TIMES ARCHIVEKathmandu’s air quality has just got considerably worse, not just because of dirtier air, but because the World…
No smoke without fire
All photos: BIJAYABAR PRADHANNepalis continue to endure the worst air quality in recent years as wildfires ravage the forests at unprecedented…
Nepal is going up in smoke
Wildfires lead to hazardous air quality for third straight day, with no end in sight
How weather elevates air pollution in Kathmandu
Kathmandu Valley witnessed hazardous levels of air pollution on 4-5 January 2021, with the Air Quality Index (AQI) highest among cities in the…
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 crisis.…
Kathmandu air pollution hits record high
Winter inversion, vehicular emission, wildfires, and cross-border industrial pollution have combined to give Kathmandu Valley the worst air…
Open air
The first step in reducing air pollution is to let the public and governments know how bad it is…