Tag: #smoke
Articles tagged with #smoke
Breathing can kill you
Vehicles are one of the biggest emitters of PM2.5 and other pollutants in Kathmandu. Photos: AMIT MACHAMASIIt is that time of the year again…
Central Nepal engulfed in smoke
Haze shrouds Bhaktapur on Monday afternoon as smoke from fires in Chitwan engulfed Kathmandu Valley and Central Nepal. Photo: AMIT…
How transboundary haze affects Nepal
A NASA satellite image showing Central Nepal's river valleys and how they act as funnels for pollution from the Indian plains to travel up to…
It's a jungle out there in Nepal and the Amazon
UP IN SMOKE: Failure of successive monsoons led to massive fires across Nepal, shown in a NASA satellite image from 12 March 2009, which covered…
Air pollution is more dangerous than smoking
Despite public awareness and relentless media coverage, Kathmandu’s air quality has worsened in the past two years. But public outrage does not…
Bad Air
Pic: MONICA DEUPALAA public perception survey among Kathmandu Valley residents conducted last year shows near unanimous agreement that pollution…
Green sticker = green light to pollute
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0Sv3a2LjxoVehicle owners in Kathmandu need to pass an annual emission test, but many just buy Green Stickers…
Solution to pollution
Air quality across Nepal has been deteriorating over the years. The average PM2.5 (concentration of particles smaller than 2.5 microns) in…
One Atmosphere
When we reduce air pollution, we reduce the impact of climate change
Toxic bubble
Pic: BIKRAM RAIKathmandu is the centre of everything in Nepal: power, administration, public education, tourism, hospitals. Till the late 1970s,…
How to clean up Kathmandu’s air
We just need the political will to push solutions through
#BeatAirPollution
Pic: BIKRAM RAIThe theme of World Environment Day 2019 on Wednesday 5 June is air pollution, and how to reduce it. This is not just a health…
Delhi’s deadly air
NEW DELHI – A diplomat friend returning home after less than three years’ service in India, was asked at his exit medical examination how many…