Bad
air and
polluted
politics :
Political
resolve to
improve air
quality will
add 3-5 years
to the lives
of Nepalis,
by Sonia Awale
(nt
30/08/2024)
Nepal
ranks as the
third
most-polluted
country in the
world, by
Shree Ram
Subedi (rep
30/08/2024)
Nearly
60 percent of
drinking water
in Lalitpur
district
contaminated
with deadly
microbes :
Kathmandu
Upatyaka
Khanepani
Limited, the
water supply
agency, urges
the public to
boil water
properly
before
drinking
(kp
10/08/2024)
Continuous
rain improves
Kathmandu's
air quality
significantly
(rep
04/08/2024)
Kathmandu
metropolis to
monitor the
city’s air
quality on its
own : It has
received 17
portable air
quality
monitoring
sensors, which
are being
calibrated
with ground
stations
operating in
the Capital
(kp
02/08/2024)
Open
burning of
plastic waste
poses threat
to air quality
and health (rep
01/08/2024)
Faecal
coliform found
in drinking
water at
cholera-hit
Lalitpur drugs
rehab centre :
After four
persons from
the rehab
tested
positive
earlier this
week.
Officials urge
proper
purification,
storage and
safe handling
of drinking
water, by
Arjun Poudel
(kp
27/07/2024)
KMC
launches river
cleaning drive
amid
persistent
pollution
challenges
(kh
23/06/2024)
Government
registers
water resource
bill with
stringent
action against
polluters :
The bill
proposes those
polluting
water
resources will
face
prosecution in
the district
courts (kp
20/06/2024)
Pollution
and frail lungs : Rising air pollution resulting
from factors like wildfires and emissions are
exacting a huge toll on children, by Aruna
Bijukchhe (ae 03/06/2024)
Kathmandu
continues to remain in list of world’s 10 most
polluted cities (rep 31/05/2024)
Burdens
of bad air : While we do well in air quality
monitoring, there is a gap in our mitigation
measures (kp 23/05/2024), An
unbreathable future for children : The effect of
air pollution on children and their families
goes beyond health, by Ayush Joshi and Arun
Rai (kp 23/05/2024)
Necessity
To Improve Air Quality, by Uttam Maharjan
(rn 21/05/2024)
No
caution even as toxic air takes heavy toll on
public health : Pollution shaving 6.7 years off
the lives of people residing in Siraha, and 6.2
years in Saptari and Rupandehi districts, by
Arjun Poudel (kp 18/05/2024) [Inaction
by a completely incompetent government
that only cares about political power
struggles!]
Can
Surgical Mask Save Us From Pollution?, by
Sandesh Karki (rn 13/05/2024)
Kathmandu
Valley's air pollution decreases (rep
12/05/2024)
Kathmandu
Valley's Battle Against Air Pollution, by
Hasana Shrestha (rn 10/05/2024)
Kathmandu’s
air quality plummets : Named second most
polluted city today (kh 05/05/2024)
Unbreathable
: The government has failed to provide people
with clean air, depriving them of a basic human
right (kp 03/05/2024), Kathmandu's
pollution at hazardous level, tops chart of
world’s most polluted cities (rep
03/05/2024), Save
Environment For Health Of All, by Lok Deep
Thapa (rn 03/05/2024)
Kathmandu
ranks as world’s most polluted city : Air
quality data reveals alarming PM2.5 levels
(kh 30/04/2024)
Toxic
air is giving young children asthma : Doctors
say it could damage lungs, and urge prompt
medical attention for symptoms like shortness of
breath, wheezing, by Arjun Poudel (kp
29/04/2024)
Kathmandu
tops list of most polluted cities worldwide
(kh 28/04/2024)
These
are the ten most polluted cities globally,
Kathmandu ranks second (kh 14/04/2024)
Air
pollution reaches year’s peak, likely to worsen
with uncontrolled wildfires (kh 10/04/2024)
Saving
Kathmandu from pollution (rep 10/04/2024), Kathmandu tops
global rankings as most polluted city (kh
10/04/2024)
Kathmandu
tops as the world's most polluted city in terms
of AQI (rep 09/04/2024), Kathmandu
tops as world's most polluted city in terms of
AQI (ae 09/04/2024), Kathmandu
Valley’s toxic air exacerbates respiratory
illness : With air quality deteriorating,
experts warn of heightened risk of infection
from viruses including the coronavirus, by
Arjun Poudel (kp 10/04/2024) [And the RPP is making the situation even
worse by blocking numerous roads with its
nonsensical demonstration and driving up vehicle
emissions!]
Nepal
Army to collect 10 tons trash from the Everest
region (kh 08/04/2024)
Air
pollution in Kathmandu: Ratna Park’s air quality
among the worst (kh 08/04/2024), Kathmandu's
air pollution ranks third worst globally, urgent
safety measures advised (rep 08/04/2024), Kathmandu ranked
third most polluted city worldwide, urgent need
to contain wildfires (kh 08/04/2024)
Nepal’s
air quality shows signs of improvement (kh
04/04/2024)
Kathmandu
ranks second most polluted city worldwide
(kh 04/04/2024)
World
Water Day 2024: When will Kathmanduites witness
clean rivers in the Capital? (kh 22/03/2024)
Kathmandu
among top three most polluted cities for air
quality (kh 28/02/2024)
Kathmandu
ranks fourth most polluted city worldwide
(kh 20/02/2024)
Air
pollution responsible for premature births, low
weight : Neonatal deaths have not declined in
the past five years, according to a study,
by Arjun Poudel (kp 19/02/2024)
As
air in Kathmandu Valley deteriorates to
hazardous level, patients of respiratory illness
rise ; A low-pressure system formed in the west
caused cloudy conditions throughout the country
on Wednesday, by Arjun Poudel (kp
15/02/2024)
Winter
rainfall shortage raises concerns over
escalating pollution crisis (rep 15/02/2024)
A
big threat to the farm sector, by Lakshya
Deep Devkota (ae 15/02/2024)
Kathmandu
Valley Air Pollution Turning Heaven into Hell,
by Madhav Karki (rep 11/02/2024)
Kathmandu
ranks seventh among the world’s most polluted
cities : Bhaktapur records PM2.5 levels of 292
micrograms per cubic meter (μg/m3), a whopping
48.5 times higher than the WHO guideline (kh
31/01/2024)
Kathmandu
ranks seventh among most polluted cities
globally (kh 18/01/2024)
Gasping
for Breath in the Himalayan Capital, by
Kunga Hyolmo (kh 24/12/2023)
Kathmandu
claims 13th spot on Global Air Pollution Index:
Unveiling causes, impacts, and ongoing trends
(kh 23/12/2023)
Why
Kathmandu is visibly cleaner : Several measures
taken under Mayor Balendra Shah’s directive are
starting to bear fruit, by Arjun Poudel (kp
17/12/2023)
What
is current air quality in Kathmandu? The PM2.5
concentration in Kathmandu presently stands at
14.6 times the annual air quality guideline
value set by WHO (kh 17/12/2023)
How
Air Pollution Affects Health, by Tulasi
Acharya (rn 16/12/2023)
Sirsiya
river appears cleaner now, but this is temporary
: Every year, during the Chhath festival,
factories along the Parsa-Bara Industrial
Corridor stop releasing their waste into the
river, by Shankar Acharya (kp 17/11/2023)
Toxic
Tihar : Risks this festival season: lead in
spices, dyes in tika, poor air quality, by
Sonia Awale (nt 10/11/2023)
Mayors’
forum commits to curbing Valley’s air pollution
: The forum mandates each local unit to prepare
an air quality management work plan (kp
09/11/2023)
Air
quality reaches ‘unhealthy’ levels in Kathmandu
Valley, sparking public health concerns :
Kathmandu ranked seventh most-polluted city in
the world with PM2.5 levels soaring to 154
micrograms per cubic metre on Monday morning,
by Arjun Poudel (kp 07/11/2023)
Hazy
times : Alternative management of stubbles
should be incentivised and practitioners of
stubble-burning punished (kp 02/11/2023)
As
harvesting season starts, so does open burning :
The growing use of combine harvesters in the
Tarai region also fuels the open burning of
agriculture residue, by Arjun Poudel (kp
01/11/2023)
Scant
attention paid to hazards of lead poisoning,
by Ram Kumar (ht 29/10/2023)
Threat
Of Lead Contamination In Nepal, by Umesh
Ojha (rn 13/10/2023)
Kathmandu
Metropolis warns of fines up to 900 thousand
rupees for polluting vehicles (kh
07/10/2023)
Towards
clean air in Nepal : Air pollution reduces
productivity and degrades lifestyle with
tangible economic consequences, by Faris
Hadad-Zervos and Dina Umali-Deininger (kp
06/09/2023), Cleaner
air, longer lives : Air pollution is reducing
the lifespan of Nepalis, and we know how to
clean it up (nt 08/09/2023)
Pollution
from cement factory sickens locals in Dhading
(kh 01/09/2023)
Epicentre
of pollution : Shocking fact: Polluted air
reduces life expectancy by up to 4 years in
Kathmandu and 6.5 years in the Tarai, by
Sonia Awale (nt 01/09/2023)
Struggling
for air : A plan to clean our air should focus
both on indoor and outdoor causes of pollution
(kp 01/09/2023)
Air
pollution shortening lives by 6.8 years: Report
(ht 01/09/2023)
Toxic
air shaving around five years off Nepalis’
lives, report shows : Nepal is world’s third
most polluted country—behind India and
Bangladesh—based on satellite-derived PM2.5 data,
by Arjun Poudel (kp 30/08/2023), Is
Nepal becoming the epicenter of pollution in
South Asia ? (ae 30/08/2023)
Hazardous
flex banners : We should use eco-friendly
materials, instead of non-biodegradables, to
minimise pollution, by Aditya Acharya (kp
01/08/2023)
Faecal
coliform rife in water samples tested in
Kathmandu : Testing done for 10 localities of
the district last week, by Arjun Poudel (kp
31/07/2023)
Air
quality in Nepal deteriorating way beyond WHO
standard (ht 08/07/2023)
Cost
of indoor air pollution : Smoke induced from
indoor cooking can critically affect women and
children, by Anustha Shrestha (kp
07/07/2023)
Birgunj
locals march to Kathmandu to highlight Sirsiya
River pollution : Factories along Parsa-Bara
corridor release untreated wastewater into the
river, by Bhusan Yadav (kp 29/05/2023)
‘Long
march to Kathmandu’ kicks off for pollution-free
Sirsiya (kh 20/05/2023)
Air
pollution increasing again (kh
12/05/2023), Air
pollution sees a rise across Nepal
(rep 12/05/2023)
Mountain
Clean-up Campaign: 3,000 kg waste collected from
Annapurna (rep 10/05/2023)
Curbing
Plastic Pollution In Nepal, by Kate Tanha
(rn 07/05/2023)
Earth
Day 2023: Critical call to ‘invest in our
planet’ as pollution envelops Hindu Kush
Himalaya : Air quality in Nepal’s capital, along
with Delhi, Dhaka, Lahore and other cities in
Asia, often exceeds safe levels. Particulate
matter in Kathmandu in the past week were
recorded at 10 times higher than World Health
Organization’s guidelines, by Pema Gyamtsho
(nlt 22/04/2023), Earth
Day 2023: Save the Children in Nepal introduces
‘Saathi’ the ‘Air Bear’ to spotlight the impact
of air pollution on children : The Air Bear
initiative is part of Save the Children’s
'Generation Hope' campaign that aims to raise
awareness of the impact of the climate crisis
that is threatening the future, survival,
learning, and safety of children (nlt
22/04/2023)
Haze
affects tourist arrival in Ghandruk (rep
22/04/2023)
KMC
bans cooking of sekuwa on the streets (rep
22/04/2023)
Forest
fire reported at 379 places on Wednesday alone
(kh 20/04/2023)
Deteriorating
air quality in several South Asian nations
including Nepal concerning: ICIMOD. The
organisation urges all stakeholders to build a
coalition to drive action on clean air (kp
20/04/2023)
Playing
with fire : Lately, the valley has regained the
ignominy of being ranked the most polluted place
on the planet (kp 18/04/2023)
Air
pollution to remain for some more days: MFD
(rn 17/04/2023)
Kathmandu
tops the list of polluted cities in the world
(rep 16/04/2023), Wildfires
increasing atmospheric pollution across country
(rn 16/04/2023), Forest
fires in surrounding districts make Kathmandu
world’s most polluted city : There are incidents
of fire in a half of the country’s forests,
officials say, putting human health, wildlife at
great risk, by Arjun Poudel (kp 17/04/2023)
Wildfires
lead to atmospheric hazards in various places
(kh 13/04/2023)
Cleaning
up the Himalayas—a gigantic challenge, by
Suresh Paudel (ae 30/03/2023)
Nepal
Army to collect 35,000 kgs of garbage from the
mountains (rep 18/03/2023)
Kathmandu
one of world's most polluted city (ht
17/03/2023)
Why
is the air in Bhaktapur so bad? Brick kilns,
heavy highway traffic and prevailing winds make
air quality the dirtiest in Kathmandu Valley,
by Sushila Budthoki (nt 24/02/2023)
PADT
Promoting Pollution on Pashupatinath Premises,
by Anup KC (rep 23/02/2023)
Pollution:
A challenge to public health, by Datta
Bahadur Rawal (ht 15/02/2023)
Air
pollution emerging as a not-so-silent killer :
Nepal is among countries with highest
age-adjusted death rate from chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease, by Arjun Poudel (kp
03/02/2023)
Demand
to manage sewage from Gokarna to Pashupati
Aryaghat (rep 22/01/2023)
Kathmandu’s
toxic trash : Open garbage burning is reducing
the lifespan of Nepalis, by Sonia Awale (nt
13/01/2023)
Air
quality degrades throughout country (kh
05/01/2023)
Punishing
Valley’s Air Polluters (rep 04/01/2023)
Automobiles
major contributor to Valley’s air pollution:
Dept of Environment (kh 27/12/2022), 41
percent of vehicles fail pollution test (rep
27/12/2022)
Vehicles
emitting black smoke to be fined up to Rs 1 lakh
(kh 16/12/2022)
Government
to fine vehicles failing emission tests up to
Rs100,000 : Experts welcome the move but doubt
effective implementation citing poor track
record, by Anup Ojha (kp 09/12/2022)
Most
public vehicles in the valley fail pollution
test (rep 03/12/2022)
Ropes
on climbing routes litter Mount Everest : Around
50 tonnes of climbing ropes are estimated to lie
buried under the snow on different mountains,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 03/12/2022)
Dirtier
coal for brick kilns could worsen winter air :
Environmentalists suggest use of briquette as
kiln fuel and production of hollow bricks as
possible way outs, by Arjun Poudel (kp
01/12/2022)
Ban
doesn’t stop waste burning in open in Valley :
Kathmandu air quality has been worsening by the
day, hitting unhealthy level, by Arjun
Poudel (kp 24/11/2022)
End
of rainy season, stubble burning in India worsen
Kathmandu air : Hospitals report rising cases of
respiratory illnesses, pollution has risen with
the PM2.5 level reaching 137, by Arjun
Poudel (kp 03/11/2022), A
burning issue : The violence on the environment
is a transnational problem and we need a
collective resolve to tackle it (kp
04/11/2022)
98
percent of BRBIP has been completed, clean water
in Bagmati from mid-October (rep 19/09/2022)
Ignoring
the cause : Without addressing the problem of
sewage, gathering periodically to extract trash
is a sham (kp 22/08/2022)
Reduce
Carbon Emissions, by Uttam Maharjan (rn
16/08/2022)
Plastic
Pollution Is Rising, by Uttam Maharjan (rn
09/08/2022)
Almost
all water from small suppliers in the Valley is
contaminated, officials say : Most of the small
projects are found to be neglecting chlorination
and other water purification procedures before
supplying water to households taps, by Arjun
Poudel (kp 04/08/2022)
Clean
Mountain Campaign: Nepal Army collects around 34 tons
of garbage from four mountains : The campaign was
launched in association with various non-governmental
agencies and private sector and garbage was retrieved
from Everest, Lhotse, Kanchenjunga and Manaslu
(nlt 06/06/2022)
Pollution
a passing reference in Capital’s mayoral race, by
Kamal Dev Bhattarai (ae 12/05/2022)
Dying
river: After an hour of rain, a river was seen
loaded with trash (with video)
(nlt 02/05/2022)
Air
Pollution : One of Nepal’s key policy failures,
by Shuvam Rizal (rec 01/04/2022)
Air
pollution continues in Valley with no signs of
abatement (kh 01/04/2022)
Forest
fires and open burning activities cause haze in
Kathmandu Valley : As people started burning
household waste due to a halt in garbage
collection, experts warn the worst is yet to
come, by Arjun Poudel (kp 30/03/2022), Breath
of fresh air : The Valley has been waking up to
a strange concoction of dust particles and
pollutants (kp 31/03/2022)
The
river is dying: A sad tale of loss and
contamination of Trishuli ॥ Once a pristine
river, Trishuli is falling victim to haphazard
development and waste mismanagement, posing a
threat to its tourism potential, by Ashim
Neupane (nlt 19/03/2022)
Noise
pollution affecting children in Palpa schools :
Constant movement of heavy vehicles carrying
limestones through school areas causes distress
and anxiety among students, teachers and parents,
by Madhab Aryal (kp 12/03/2022)
Pollution:
Height of Mt Everest of clothing “disposed of
every seven minutes”, by Eak Raj Bastola (kh
26/02/2022)
Things
are up in the air in Nepal : New study uses Cold
War technology to pinpoint sources of the
worsening air pollution in Kathmandu Valley,
by Sonia Awale (nt 18/02/2022)
Why
is Mt Everest becoming a trash dump site?,
by Eak Raj Bastola (kh 29/01/2022)
South
Asian Air Pollution: A Pressing Concern for the
Himalayas, by Subash Adhikari (rep
17/01/2022)
The
Bleak Legal Regime Addressing Plastic Pollution,
by Roshani Giri (rep 29/12/2021)
Ranipokhari
cleanliness campaign begins (rep 27/12/2021)
Let’s
only buy bio-degradable prayer flags : Buddhist
prayers for virtousness and compassion are
getting a green makeover in Nepal, by Ashish
Dhakal (nt 17/12/2021), Going
eco-friendly, very religiously : Ang Dolma
Sherpa, an entrepreneur with two eco-friendly
products—biodegradable prayer flags and
khadas—aims to foster environmental sensitivity
in communal traditions, by Srizu Bajracharya
(kp 18/12/2021)
Let’s
be Aware as Air Pollution Shoots up in Valley :
Nepal was ranked as the 12th most polluted
country in the world in 2020 AD with regions of
Narayani, Pokhara and Kathmandu being the most
polluted with AQI values reaching a hazardous
level, by Ayasha Shrestha (rep 29/11/2021)
As
winter sets in, Kathmandu is as usual doomed to
breathe in toxic air : The bowl-shaped structure
of the valleys, which are surrounded by high
hills, traps the heavily polluted air brought by
winds from north India, by Aakriti Ghimire
(kp 21/11/2021)
Bacteria
and the Bagmati : Bagmati’s wastewater is
perhaps the largest biological threat to public
health in Kathmandu and as Covid-19 has shown,
threats to public health affect everyone, by
Adarsh Man Sherchan and Sophiya gyanwali (rec
24/10/2021)
Fighting
Air Pollution, by Uttam Maharjan (rn
28/09/2021)
Garbage
Collection Resumes In Kathmandu, Major
Thoroughfares Yet To Be Cleared Off Wastes
(rn 04/09/2021)
Use
the fund properly : The pollution control fee
must be utilised to mitigate the worsening state
of air pollution by introducing strict rules
(ht 26/08/2021)
SC
orders full ban on plastics (thinner than 40μ)
within 21 days (kh 15/08/2021)
Environment
pollution cause for concern in Bajhang highlands
: Garbage left behind by yarsa collectors every
year is one of the factors leading to
environmental degradation in the highlands,
by Basanta Pratap Singh (kp 30/06/2021)
Scientists
worry that Kathmandu is still one of the most
polluted cities, by Shree Ram Subedi (rep
17/05/2021)
Kathmandu
Valley tops global pollution chart yet again
(kh 13/04/2021)
Experts
urge long-term strategy for curbing air
pollution in the country : Although forest fire
has been the main factor of late, experts point
out other causes like emissions from vehicles
and construction and factory sectors, and open
burning, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
09/04/2021)
Nepal’s
smoky mountains : Views of the Himalaya from
Kathmandu during the lockdown last year, and
this week (nt 09/04/2021)
Struggling
for breath : The biggest problem right now is
that people have zero faith in their government
(ae 08/04/202)
Surkhet
air pollution puts residents at risk : Cases of
breathing difficulty and discomfort in nose and
eyes, particularly among children, are on the
rise, doctors say, by Chandani Kathayat (kp
08/04/2021)
Eye
infection cases rise after air pollution in
Kanchanpur (rep 07/04/2021)
Air
pollution continues with no signs of abatement
in Valley (kh 07/04/2021)
Kathmandu
Valley tops global pollution chart yet again
(kh 05/04/2021), Air
pollution: Experts advise to stay indoors
(kh 05/04/2021), Thick
smog shrouds valley yet again, by Ujjwal
Satyal (ht 06/04/2021), Kathmandu
Valley breathes world’s worst air once again :
Wildfires reported in more than 60 districts,
flights disrupted, concern authorities remain
silence (rep 06/04/2021)
larming
Level Of Air Pollution, by Shyam P Lohani
(rn 04/04/2021)
Rainfall
brings some respite from pollution but threat of
more wildfires remains : With the rain, the
number of wildfires came down to 59, air quality
index to 42 from a high of 334, and
visibility went up to 7,000 metres from 1,000
metres, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
02/04/2021), Air
pollution level of the valley falls with
rainfall but still remains ‘unhealthy’ (rep
02/04/2021)
A
vision from the future : As difficult as it is
to digest, brown skies and a dim sun
are here to stay, by Amish Raj Mulmi
(kp 02/04/2021)
Nothing
is being done to curb local pollution,
environmentalists say : Vehicle emissions,
industries, brick kilns and construction are
major sources of air pollution, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 01/04/2021)
Smoky
Kathmandu (ae 01/04/2021), Controlling
forest fires in Nepal, by Anisha Bidari (ae
01/04/2021)
Increasing
Incidents Of Forest Fires Add To Rising
Pollution, by Chandani Hamal (rn 31/03/2021)
Fetid
Valley Air Wake-Up Call To Authority, by
Narayan Upadhyay (rn 30/03/2021)
Deteriorating
air quality amid spike in Covid-19 cases causes
concerns : Experts say asking people to stay
inside and wear face masks is just a
temporary solution and stress a long-term
plan to deal with such situations, by Arjun
Poudel (kp 29/03/2021), Division
Forest Office in Myagdi unable to control
wildfires, by Ghanshyam Khadka (kp
29/03/2021), Gasping
for air : The government’s response to the
ongoing air pollution emergency is grossly
inadequate (kp 29/03/2021), Nepal
govt shuts schools, colleges for four days owing
to pollution (ht 29/03/2021), Harmful
haze : We cannot expect improved air quality in
the Valley until the westerly winds enter the
country with the possibility of rainfall (ht
29/03/2021), Air
pollution deadly in the morning and evening
hours (rep 29/03/2021)
Haze
and smoke turn Kathmandu most polluted, low
visibility affects flights : Unprecedented fires
after prolonged drought across the country and
winds partly responsible, meteorologists say.
With wildfires peaking in April, worse may be
yet to come, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
27/03/2021), Hazardous
haze blankets valley (ht 27/03/2021), Doctor's
advice: Stay indoors (ht 27/03/2021), Air
Pollution: Health Ministry urges people not to
go out of house except urgent (kh
27/03/2021), MoHP
asks people in the Kathmandu Valley not to
venture outdoors unless necessary as the valley
breathes world’s most polluted air yet again
(rep 27/03/2021), Bushfires
rage in 2,000-hectare forest, smoke blankets
Nawalpur (ht 27/03/2021), Still
Some Days More For Weather To Improve (rn
27/03/2021), Kathmandu
to take few more days to see improvement in
weather (rep), Rising
Wildfire Incidents Call For Effective Response,
by Shiv Kumar Kashi and Nayak Paudel (rn
27/03/2021), Hazardous
haze blankets Pokhara, by Santosh Pokharel
(rep 27/03/2021), Domestic
and Int’l flight services hit due to poor
visibility (kh 27/03/2021), Air
passengers stranded at TIA (kh 27/03/2021),
Smog
To Stay Some More Days In Kathmandu Valley
(rn 28/03/2021)
Kathmandu
tops air pollution global chart (kh
26/03/2021), TIA
suspends regular flight operation due to poor
visibility (kh 26/03/2021)
Air
pollution increases in various districts
including Valley (kh 24/03/2021)
Simara
residents padlock warehouse of steel foundry
over pollution issue : The conflict has
escalated as more people are now living close to
the industrial area, industrialists say, by
Shankar Acharya (kp 19/03/2021)
Everything
you need to know about Nepal’s carbon trade deal
Nepal will receive $5 for every tonne of carbon
dioxide emission reduced as country embarks on
earning up to Rs5 billion by selling 9 million
tonnes of CO2 by 2025, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 27/02/2021)
KMC
enacts environment law to promote cleanliness
(ht 22/02/2021)
How
weather elevates air pollution in Kathmandu :
Analysing the impact of weather can help
forecast high pollution episodes so citizens can
take action, by Jagdishwor Karmacharya and
Shanti Kandel (nt 12/02/2021)
The
electric vehicle tax : The government has taken
all the wrong steps in trying to curb air
pollution, by Kritagya Shah (kp 01/02/2021)
How
transboundary haze affects Nepal : Indo-Gangetic
pollution flows up Himalayan river valleys, to
the mountains, by Prabhakar Shrestha (nt
29/01/2021)
Polluted
politics : If driver exhalation is checked for
alcohol, why not vehicle exhaust for pollutants?
Governance failure. Corruption (nt
22/01/2021), Breathing
is hazardous to health : Only public pressure on
politicians will clean up Kathmandu’s hazardous
air pollution (nt 22/01/2021), Into
thick air : Snatches of an asthmatic’s childhood,
by Pratibha Tuladhar (nt 22/01/2021)
Authorities
fail to control waste burning as Valley
residents breathe polluted air : Even after
Kathmandu was ranked the world’s most polluted
city, government bodies have been unable to stop
open garbage burning, one of the major
contributors to air pollution, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 19/01/2021)
Weather
in Kathmandu starts to get clear, but air
quality is still unhealthy (rep 08/01/2021)
Kathmandu
air improves but still unhealthy like most of
the year : Recent spike in pollution is merely
indication of how polluted Kathmandu’s air is
and how authorities have failed to do anything
about it, experts say, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 07/01/2021), The
gas chamber : Unchecked pollution has made
Kathmandu a dangerous place to live (kp
07/01/2021), Polluted
air likely to worsen COVID situation (ht
07/01/2021), Clear
the air : Unlike other cities of the world with
poor air quality, Kathmandu’s pollution is
caused largely by emissions from vehicles
(ht 07/01/2021), Air
pollution more dangerous than coronavirus
(rep 07/01/2021), Enforce
Tougher Rules To Curb Air Pollution, by Bini
Dahal (rn 08/01/2021), Dirty
politics = Dirty air, by Sonia Awale (nt
08/01/2021)
AQI
Level In Kathmandu Valley Drops To 114 From 437,
by Keshab Raj Poudel (rn 06/01/2021)
Worsening
air quality raises public health concerns amid
pandemic : As air pollution soars to a record
high level, making Kathmandu the most polluted
city in the world, doctors and government urge
members of the public to exercise caution,
by Arjun Poudel (kp 06/01/2021), Air
pollution in Kathmandu valley reaches hazardous
level, by Ujjwal Satyal (ht 06/01/2021)
Government
mute as Kathmandu air deteriorates to
‘hazardous’ levels : Air Quality Index crosses
the 600 mark, raising public health concerns
amid the Covid-19 pandemic, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 05/01/2021), Air
pollution emergency in Kathmandu, by Ashim
Neupane (rep 05/01/2021), Pollution
in Kathmandu: People urged to stay indoors :
Kathmandu ranks number one among 50
most-polluted world cities (kh 05/01/2021)
Call
for controlling vehicle emissions for improving
air quality in Valley : Call for controlling
vehicle emissions for improving air quality in
Valley, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
12/12/2020)
Nepal
submits its second nationally determined
contribution document to UN : It envisages
multi-billion dollar actions to cut emissions
rather than highlighting the country’s
adaptation needs, experts say, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 11/12/2020)
Bend
it like Boston : The Charles River cleanup
initiative in Boston has important lessons for
Kathmandu, by Chandra Hada (kp 07/12/2020)
Blueprint
for a net-zero Nepal : Nepal's climate targets
are either unrealistically ambitious, or
unnecessarily ambiguous, by Sonia Awale (nt
27/11/2020)
Local
Level Collaboration Crucial To Tackle Air
Pollution (rn 21/11/2020)
Bourgeois
environmentalism : Electric cars will cut
pollution and gasoline imports, but the other
deeper problems will remain, by Prashanta
Khanal (kp 09/11/2020)
Nepal’s
sky can be this clean every day : The pandemic
has shown air pollution can be reduced, we just
have to do it without the socio-economic cost,
by Ajaya Dixit (nt 07/11/2020)
ADB
supports the production of clean bricks in Nepal
(kp 30/10/2020)
One
more report ranks Nepal among most polluted
countries in the world : State of Global Air
report says Nepal had second most PM2.5
concentration levels in 2019, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 22/10/2020) [The glorious, inimitable Oli government is
doing everything it can not to care about the
environment!]
An
electric shock to Nepal’s energy future: Hike in
e-car tax will increase dependence on imported
petroleum, add to air pollution, by Ramesh
Kumar (nt 05/06/2020
Nepal
lockdown proves air quality can be improved:
Switch to electric transport will protect
health, and salvage Nepal’s economy, by
Sonia Awale (nt 15/05/2020)
Lockdown:
A Pause To Think About Air Pollution, by
Sijal Pokharel and Nikesh Balami (rn 10/05/2020)
Traditional
brick kilns continue to pollute air, take life
and cause huge financial loss: World Bank
Report: Experts say Nepal, which has a smaller
brick market compared to India and Bangladesh,
can make transition to clean technology in a
short span of time, by Chandan Kumar Mandal
(kp 03/05/2020), Pollution
by brick kilns kills 600 each year in Nepal:
Report (rep 03/05/2020)
Air
quality improves in world’s major cities,
including Kathmandu, under Covid-19 lockdowns:
Although pollution has gone down in the Valley,
air quality is still not suitable for certain
age groups, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
01/05/2020)
Kathmandu
Breathes Cleaner Air During The Lockdown, by
Aashish Mishra (rn 29/04/2020), Lockdown
lowers pollution levels; gifts all clean air,
blue skies, by Shaurya Kshatri (ht
29/04/2020)
It's
the brick kilns: Cars are off the streets, but
the air pollution persists (kp 13/04/2020)
Coronavirus
Lockdown Helps Improve Air Quality, by
Indira Aryal (rn 30/03/2020), Kathmandu
breathes relaxed as lockdown improves
air-quality (rep 31/03/2020)
Clean
and clear Kathmandu Valley: Photos of the Valley
and surrounding areas taken on Saturday from
Santaneshwor Mahadev Temple in Lalitpur (kp
29/03/2020)
Govt
to establish robust mechanism to monitor air
pollution (ht 16/03/2020)
Arsenic
test on drinking water begins as cancer stalks
villagers in Sarlahi (rep 02/03/2020)
Kathmandu
slightly up in global air quality ranking,
by Shree Ram Subedi (rep 28/02/2020)
Rural
Municipality to distribute LPG cylinders to
reduce indoor air pollution, by Mohammad
Habib (kp 28/02/2020)
What
next for Kathmandu: bottled air? Something is
not working if officials elected to protect the
public only protect those who fund them, by
Anil Chitrakar (nt 21/02/2020)
Drive
to clean Bagmati ahead of Mahashivaratri (ht
17/02/2020)
Air
pollution solutions can also save the climate:
Switching to electric cookstoves and vehicles
produces benefits for the society, environment
and economy, by Sneha Pandey (kp 12/02/2020)
Together
against pollution: Successful cooperation in
such environmental issues would yield
substantial environmental dividends with direct
welfare impact for the entire region, by
Dhiroj Prasad Koirala (rep 09/02/2020)
Ghorahi
locals warn of agitation against cement factory
pollution (ht 06/02/2020)
Assessing
Kathmandu’s pollution: While city-level
disaggregated data on the effect of pollution
does not exist, it is reasonable to predict that
polluted cities such as Kathmandu will be a
major culprit of pollution-induced mortality,
by Bikash Gupta and Sinichi Tanaka (rep
03/02/2020)
Fuel
economy improved, CO2 emission slightly down for
light-duty vehicles: Study: Despite improvements
in fuel economy and drop in CO2 emissions, the
country needs to do more for dealing with its
air quality, experts suggest, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 28/01/2020)
Untreated
drain water released directly into Naubise
stream: There are around 70 hotels and
restaurants directly disposing of waste into the
water, by Harihar Singh Rathour (kp
25/01/2020)
Nepali
ultra-marathoner’s anti-litter drive: Mira Rai
has an initiative to clean up hiking trails, and
she started it on Champadevi, by Bipin Thapa
(nt 24/01/2020)
Nepal’s
transition to Euro VI fuels not likely to
significantly impact air pollution levels: As
most vehicles are poorly maintained and do not
meet the government’s emission standards,
cleaner fuels are unlikely to have much effect,
say environmentalists, by Himendra Mohan
Kumar (kp 21/01/2020)
Kathmandu
Metropolitan City intensifies campaign to remove
hoarding boards from city: The city office has
taken down 1,142 small advertisements and
removed 25 billboards so far, officials say,
by Anup Ojha (kp 14/01/2020)
New
action plan proposes declaring public health
emergency in case of hazardous level of
pollution: The emergency situation could mean
introducing odd-even rules for vehicles,
stopping vehicular movement in some parts and
shutting schools among others, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 09/01/2020)
Govt
to levy fines to control river pollution (ht
07/01/2020)
Polluted
air spikes respiratory illness: The govt
standard for unhealthy air is way above WHO’s,
by Sabitri Dhakal (ht 29/12/2019)) [And the government is doing
nothing!]
KMC
to remove hoarding boards, posters (ht
27/12/2019)
Will
imposing odd-even vehicle rule reduce pollution?
Two lawyers think so.: Urban engineers say the
formula may not make a lot of difference and the
state needs to think of long-term solutions to
air pollution, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
20/12/2019)
Muktinath
is littered with mounds of garbage: With the
growing number of tourists and a shortage of
garbage bins, rubbish can be seen scattered
along the temple area, roadsides and in the
bazaar area, by Ghanshyam Khadka (kp)
Kathmandu
to become smoke-free soon, claims Mayor Shakya
(ht 15/12/2019) [But
definitely not dust-free. Thus, KTM will remain
to be one of the most unhealthy metropolitan
cities of the world!]
High
pollution level taking toll on public health,
says NHRC (ht 13/12/2019)
SC
summons home minister, mayor over ‘visual
pollution’ (rep 06/12/2019)
City
officials to clear hoarding boards in a week:
City planners—sceptical of the metropolitan
office’s new announcement—say the new move is
just a gimmick, by Anup Ojha (kp 03/12/2019)
Officials
and ministers face contempt case for not
enforcing court order to ban visual pollutants:
Four years into the Supreme Court order,
government authorities have failed to save the
city from unsightly advertisements, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 01/12/2019)
As
pollution peaks, unsafe air could have
detrimental effects on athletes: With over 6,000
athletes and officials arriving for the South
Asian Games, concerns about Kathmandu’s air
pollution are very appropriate,
environmentalists say, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 30/11/2019)
Prolonged
exposure to indoor pollution leads to a rise in
asthma cases, mostly in women: With the
‘improved cookstoves’ campaign hitting a snag
and no sustainable measures of energy use in
sight, more women in Syangja are suffering from
respiratory diseases, by Pratiksha Kafle (kp
24/11/2019)
Signature
campaign starts in Birgunj for pollution-free
Sirsiya stream: The locals of Birgunj have
initiated the campaign with the aim of making
the Sirsiya stream and Birgunj city
pollution-free, by Shankar Acharya (kp
23/11/2019)
Air
pollution kills 37,399 people per year in Nepal:
Study; ‘Increases the chances of dementia’,
by Shree Ram Subedi (rep 23/11/2019)
Costs
of dirty air will continue to grow as pollution
levels rise: Various forms of pollution, through
their human and economic costs, constrain
Nepal’s development, a World Bank report says,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 22/11/2019)
Call
For Lead-Safe Environment, by Shyam P.
Lohani (rn 17/11/2019)
Environmentalists
say government can start with using tax
pollution to combat poor air quality: The
government has collected over Rs7 billion after
levying 50 paisa per litre on petroleum products
as pollution tax, but it has remained unused,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 17/11/2019)
Even
after four years of Supreme Court decision,
Kathmandu remains plastered with visual
pollutants: The Judgment Execution Directorate
has once again asked government authorities to
implement the 2015 Supreme Court decision and
submit a progress report within seven days,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 16/11/2019)
Locals
living around Urlabari-Rabi road section suffer
from health complications caused by dust
pollution: The road has been under construction
for the last seven years with no sign of
completion, by Deo Narayan Sah (kp
09/11/2019)
Pollution
from India unlikely to reach Kathmandu, but
Nepal needs to deal with its own toxic air: With
New Delhi and parts of northern India suffering
under hazardous pollution levels, Nepal needs to
take heed and prepare accordingly, environmental
activists say, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
08/11/2019), Mounting
pollution in Kathmandu: Draw lessons from Delhi,
by Jiba Raj Pokharel (ht 08/11/2019)
Lalitpur
police arrest three men for befouling the air:
The three have been arrested for burning buffalo
remains on the bank of Nakkhu river, by Anup
Ojha (kp 06/11/2019)
Kathmandu
wonders if Delhi's pollution comes to haunt it,
by Aditi Baral rep 04/11/2019)
Owner
and manager of a leather factory in Parsa Bara
arrested over Sirsiya stream pollution:
Industrial waste from the Parsa-Bara Industrial
Corridor has become a major contributor to the
pollution of Sirsiya stream, say authorities,
by Shankar Acharya (kp 01/11/2019)
Bagmati
River to run clean by December, says water
supply minister (ht 20/10/2019)
Controlling
Air Pollution In Kathmandu Valley, by Ramesh
Dahal (rn 19/10/2019)
Deteriorating
air quality: Let’s join the climate strike,
by Sakar Rayamajhi (ht 18/10/2019)
Smoke
from Birgunj Industrial Area affects local
residents: Concerned authorities are just being
mute spectators, locals say, by Pawan Yadav
(kp 30/09/2019)
The
city deploys broomers to clean the streets every
day. The tipper trucks mess them up overnight:
Large-scale construction projects in the Capital
have seen hundreds of trucks entering Kathmandu
during the night, leaving a dusty mess behind,
by Anup Ojha (kp 17/09/2019)
Thin
polyethene bags are illegal in Nepal, but they
are still everywhere: In Nepal, one is
restricted to consume, import, store, sell and
distribute polythene bags, but there are no bans
on manufacturers. They are still making more
plastic, by Abani Malla (kp 04/09/2019)
Kathmandu’s
latest dilemma: What to do with owners who don’t
scoop their dogs’ poop? More residents are
keeping dogs as pets, but city officials say
they have no idea how to enforce cleaning up the
waste, by Anup Ojha (kp 28/08/2019)
Kathmandu
Metropolitan City to remove illegal hoarding
boards from next month: The metropolitan city
says it is launching the campaign targeting
Visit Nepal 2020, by Anup Ojha (kp
18/08/2019), Kathmandu
is plastered with hideous hoarding boards and
the city can't do anything about them: Kathmandu
Metropolitan City and Lalitpur Metropolitan City
regularly launch campaigns to remove billboards,
but they never end up executing them, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 20/08/2019), Billboard
jungle: Disorganised placement of outdoor ads
has made the city look ugly (kp 21/08/2019)
Clean
air must be guaranteed: Air pollution should be
controlled by getting to the cause of the
problem (kp 09/08/2019)
Road
to green republic: Nepal has the right to claim
compensation from Indian government or the
industries located across the border for
contributing to rising pollution in Nepal,
by Jivesh Jha (rep 23/07/2019)
Fancy
bikes add to noise pollution, traffic cops mum:
Law prohibits mechanical modification of
vehicles to increase exhaust sound (ht
21/07/2019)
Victims
of pollution to be compensated (ht
18/07/2019)
Coliform
contaminated water in Jajarkot (ht
09/07/2019)
Masking
the pollution truth (rep 07/07/2019)
Lumbini
affected by pollutants emitted by large-scale
industries operated across the border: The
pollution from 40 industries being operated on
the Nepali area, in addition to cross border
pollution from India, is causing irreversible
damage to the population living in the area,
by Ghanashyam Gautam (kp 03/07/2019)
Noise
pollution alarming in Kathmandu (kp
25/06/2019)
Trash
Mountain: Abandoned tents add to detritus on
Mount Everest (ht 25/06/2019)
Household
air pollution increases risk of cataract and
other eye diseases: Experts suggest switching to
clean energy and adopting improved cooking
technologies, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
14/06/2019)
Kathmanduites
breathing ‘unhealthy’ air, by Ujjwal
Satyal (ht 05/06/2019)
How
to clean up Kathmandu’s air: We just need the
political will to push solutions through, by
Anil Chitrakar (nt 31/05/2019), Toxic
bubble: How to turn public outrage about air
pollution into action, by Ajaya Dixit (nt
31/05/2019), One
Atmosphere: When we reduce air pollution, we
reduce the impact of climate change, by
Arnico Panday (nt 31/05/2019), Bad
Air (nt 31/05/2019), Air
pollution is more dangerous than smoking, by
Sonia Awale (nt 31/05/2019), Solution
to pollution: How open data can help clean up
the air we breathe in Kathmandu, by Pallavi
Pant and Anobha Gurung (nt 31/05/2019), Green
sticker = green light to pollute, by Sonam
Choekyi Lama (nt 31/05/2019)
New
bill proposes strict action against water
polluters (kp 22/05/2019)
Together
against pollution: Air pollution should be
controlled immediately. Otherwise, we will
witness huge loss in human resources, production
and economic growth, by Nitigya Oli and
Durga Sapkota (rep 21/05/2019)
Dust
pervades Manthali air: Patients and local
residents hit hard, by Tika Prasad Bhatta
(kp 17/05/2019)
Dustmandu,
by Gunjan Upadhyay (rep 17/05/2019)
Keeping
an eye on pollution: While the brunt of
pollution-related illnesses and diseases are
pulmonary, and the focus is placed on such
problems, specialists say the effects of
pollution on our eyes are increasing, by
Thomas Heaton (kp 16/05/2019)
Brick
kilns operating in human settlements: Thick
smoke risks public health, agriculture, by
Mithilesh Yadav (rep 13/05/2019)
Shey
Phoksundo Lake rapidly being polluted by
visitor's garbage, by Subodh Gautam (rep
09/05/2019)
Locals
feel soil pollution behind yarsha decline,
by Lokendra Khanal (rep 29/04/2019)
Rising
threat
of pollution: Right to clean environment is the
fundamental right granted by the constitution.
Health of general public should not be
compromised in the name of development, by
Sandip Neupane (rep 18/04/2019)
Over
50 pc vehicles in capital fail pollution test,
by Biken K Dawadi (rep 11/04/2019), 62.5
per cent vehicles fail tests (ht 12/04/2019)
Death
in the air: Being able to breathe clean air
should be made a front-line political issue
(kp 10/04/2019)
Reform
plan launched to manage Valley’s traffic and
reduce pollution (kp 05/04/2019)
Nepali
children
born today will have their lives shortened by 30
months: New report says Nepal has the highest
levels of air pollution in the world, by
Arpan Shrestha (kp 04/04/2019)
Broomer
machines swing into action in the Capital:
But Kathmandu Metropolitan City clueless about
managing dust, by Anup Ojha (kp 04/04/2019)
Everest
is crying: Little attention is paid to the ugly
footprints big-spending climbers leave behind,
by Arpan Dahal (kp 01/04/2019)
Pashupati
Area Trust using new technology to clean Bagmati
(kp 17/03/2019)
Nepal
sets
daunting target of ridding indoor pollution:
Possible by 2020 through promotion of clean
energy technologies, experts say, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 24/02/2019)
Digging
through garbage to track down Bagmati polluters,
by Bikan K Dawadi (rep 11/02/2019)
Bagmati
River clean-up mega drive enters 300th week
(kp 10/02/2019)
Every
breath we take: Kathmandu should hold itself to
a higher standard in protecting health, by
Barune Thapa (kp 13/01/2019)
Hundreds
of kilos of toxic mercury is released into the
air every year, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
11/01/2019)
Kathmandu
Cleanup Drive continues (kp 06/01/2019)
Chitwan
National Park bans single-use plastics (rep
05/01/2019)
26
tonnes of waste collected in Kathmandu (kp
30/12/2018)
KMC’s
broomer machines that vacuum dust and blow it up
in the wind, by Anup Ojha (kp 29/12/2018)
Throwing
caution to the wind: The authorities’ inaction
towards air pollution is inexcusable (kp
27/12/2018)
No
remedy even as Kathmandu air crosses dangerous
levels, by Arpan Shrestha (kp 25/12/2018)
Ways
to curb pollution discussed (ht 22/12/2018)
‘It’s
hard
to breathe’: Air pollution in Kathmandu Valley
has reached such dangerous levels that it is now
considered one of the most polluted cities in
the world—along with its two geopolitical
neighbours, Delhi and Beijing, by Arpan
Shrestha (kp 24/11/2018) [Why does the extremely competent Oli
government (self-definition) not show any
responsibility?], Mind
the road: No substantial actions have been
planned to improve air quality and road safety,
by Prashanta Khanal (kp 25/11/2018)
Control
pollution, NHRC tells government (ht
17/11/2018)
26
tonne waste picked from road, river areas
(kp 04/11/2018)
Mayors’
Summit
vows to fight Valley air pollution: Mexican
envoy to India and South Asia says Kathmandu can
learn from Mexico City’s success (kp
26/10/2018)
Rising
air pollution: Effects on mental health, by
Sahara Shivakoti (ht 10/10/2018)
Pollution
and politics: Government’s inaction regarding
tackling air pollution is playing politics with
Kathmandu’s health, by Abhi Subedi (kp
30/09/2018)
SC
tells govt to control pollution (ht
26/09/2018), SC
gives final verdict in favor of controlling
Valley's air pollution (rep 26/09/2018)
Time
to
go electric: Breathing the Kathmandu air in the
winter months is equivalent to four million
citizens involuntarily smoking three to four
cigarettes every day, by Ajaya Shrestha (rep
25/09/2018)
Govt's
promises to make capital free from pollution
fail to translate into action (rep
20/09/2018)
Five
jets add thrust to city’s cleaning drive (kp
16/09/2018) [related to KMC]
Members
pick 31t of waste from rivers (kp
16/09/2018)
It’s
in the air: To no surprise, vehicle emissions
and the transport sector are contributing much
to the Kathmandu Valley’s air pollution problems,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 12/09/2018), Charging
ahead: Electric vehicles and non-motorised
transport can play an important role in reducing
emission in cities like Kathmandu Valley where
the rising level of pollution has become a major
health concern, by Rajesh KHanal (kp
12/09/2018)
27
metric tonnes of waste collected from Valley
(kp 09/09/2018)
NHRC
tells authorities to curb pollution (ht
20/08/2018)
Nepali
scientist returns to pinpoint hazards of dirty
air, by Sonia Awale (nt 17/08/2018)
School
water poisoned, 27 children taken ill (kp
15/08/2018), Pesticide
found in school water tank, 26 children fall ill
(rep 15/08/2018), Parents
fear for their children’s safety, by Arjun
Rajbanshi (kp 18/08/2018)
High-tech,
low-emission
buses replace micros: The total cost of the
project is $22.37 million, with the Nepal
government contributing $7.9 million (kp
14/08/2018), All
aboard: Introduction of the high-tech,
low-emission buses could help reduce pollution
(kp 15/08/2018)
Air
quality machines to be back in operation shortly
(rep 07/08/2018)
23
tonnes of waste removed (kp 29/07/2018)
Talking
big,
talking loud: People in the West consider
anything at or above 55 db as too noisy. We have
no such standard as concerned agencies are bent
on bringing in more flights, by Hemant
Arjyal (rep 21/07/2018)
Vehicle
emission test: Govt to make test mandatory in
metros from next month (kp 20/07/2018)
Poisoning
the
air we breathe: Dust and smoke can be seen, but
invisible poisonous gases in motorcycle
emissions are making us sick, by Sonia Awale
(nt 13/07/2018)
Take
another look: There is more to climate change
than meets the eye, it can cause vision
impairment, by Mahesh Kumar Dev and Sanjay
Marasini (kp 03/07/2018)
Kathmandu
chokesDust
pollution has become the new identity marker of
this valley now. The government must destroy
this ugly identity, by Sulochana Nepal (rep
30/06/2018)
Riverbank
turns into dumping site in Sandhikharka, by
Arjun Bhushal (rep 28/06/2018)
Open
air: The first step in reducing air pollution is
to let the public and governments know how bad
it is, by Sonia Awale (nt 22/06/2018)
SC
orders govt to formulate six-month 'save Bagmati
action plan' (rep 21/06/2018)
Ministry
prepares to abandon 'suffocating' prefab
building, by Bishnu Prasad Aryal (rep
16/06/2018)
Stakeholders
stress sharing data for improving air quality
(rep 13/06/2018)
Volunteers
remove 33 tonnes of waste from Bagmati River
(kp 10/06/2018)
Valley
folks to inhale dust for five more years, by
Bishnu Prasad Aryal (rep 08/06/2018), KMC
signs agreement pledging to make city smoke-free
(ht 09/06/2018)
Nature
calls, by Sonia Awale (nt 08/06/2018)
Once
quiet, Kathmandu is honking again!, by
Dilasha KC (rep 06/06/2018)
Majority
of city vehicles fail emission standards:
Results show 422 diesel and 231 petrol vehicles
cross permissible levels, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 05/06/2018)
Mahaseth
working to lift ban on 20-yr-old vehicles
(rep 04/06/2018) [??]
39
tonnes of waste removed from rivers (kp
03/06/2018)
Crews
pick 35 tonnes of waste (kp 27/05/2018)
Holy
stink! Piles of pooh litter Mt Everest, by
Rajan Pokhrel (ht 25/05/2018)
Five-star
resort dumps sewage into irrigation canal
(rep 23/05/2018)
Bagmati
River cleanup drive marks five years (kp
20/05/2018)
Each
Everest climber brings 8 kg waste during descent,
by Radha Dhungana (rep 18/05/2018)
Only
300 20-year-old public vehicles de-registered,
by Ayam Shrestha (rep 15/05/2018)
Panel
plans
new drains for polluted rivers: High Powered
Committee for Integrated Development of Bagmati
Civilisation to upgrade Nakhu, Hanumantey,
Balkhu and Karmanasa rivers, by Anup Ojha
(kp 06/05/2018)
Volunteers
remove 45 tonnes of waste from rivers (kp
06/05/2018)
WHO
calls for accelerated efforts to tackle air
pollution (ht 02/05/2018)
PM
Oli calls to end Mt Everest pollution (kp
24/04/2018)
Crews
remove
51 tonnes of garbage from Bagmati River: More
than 500 volunteers from various groups joined
the 258th week of Bagmati Clean-Up campaign
(kp 22/04/2018)
Regulator
defers plan to ban vehicles (kp 15/04/2018)
34
tonne waste removed from rivers, Ring Road
(kp 08/04/2018)
Environment
dept to set up unit to control air pollution
(kp 05/04/2018)
New
cellphone app to update city air quality (kp
30/03/2018)
Air
pollution: The invisible killer, by Bashanta
Pudasaini (ht 30/03/2018)
Beni
Bazar slaughterhouses polluting environment
(rep 26/03/2018)
11
tonne waste removed from rivers, Ring Road
(kp 25/03/2018)
City
‘won’t spare people littering public places’
(kp 23/03/2018)
Brick
kilns posing threat to public health (ht
23/03/2018)
Down
to
the river: The hugely successful Bagmati Mega
Clean Up Campaign has extracted close to 9,000
tonnes of solid waste from the river since 2012.
But challenges remain if the river is to be
rejuvenated as envisioned, by Abijeet Pant
(kp 17/03/2018)
‘Green
sticker' mandatory from mid-April (ht
16/03/2018), Vehicle
exhaust test, green sticker to go nationwide
(kp 17/03/2018)
Air
pollution causes annual death toll of 35,000
(ht 11/03/2018)
Water
pollution a big threat to aquatic life in
Tikapur, by Yogesh Rawal (rep 11/03/2018)
qCraving
clean
air: There is a need for regular vehicle
emission checks and automated traffic signals:
simply banning old vehicles won’t do, by
Kanchan Mani Dixit (kp 07/03/2018)
Minister
Pandit says action will be taken against
polluters (ht 04/03/2018)
mported
vehicles to meet Euro IV norms (ht
02/03/2018)
Government
to crack down on vehicles breaching emission
limits from April 14 (ht 28/02/2018)
36
metric tonnes of solid waste collected under
Kathmandu clean-up campaign (ht 25/02/2018)
Minister’s
Pledge For Cleaner City, by Kushal Pokharel
(rn 24/02/2018)
Mr
Mayor, do something: Bidya Sundar Shakya is
wasting precious time. If you have occupied
highly important position but do not feel
obliged to deliver, it’s a crime, by Anjali
Subedi (rep 21/02/2018)
Air
pollution damaging to human skin (ht
19/02/2018)
31
tonne waste picked in Valley clean-up drive
(kp 18/02/2018)
Zigzag
kilns hold promise for ‘greening’ brick industry
(ht 17/02/2018)
Government
issues
new standards for brick kilns: Official at the
Department of Environment says the new
guidelines will not make much of a difference to
Kathmandu Valley’s air quality (kp
12/02/2018)
Dhobi
Khola clean-up caps 200-week mark: Clean Bagmati
River drive enters 248th week (kp
11/02/2018)
TSP
levels along roadsides significantly high in
valley (kp 10/02/2018)
Lumbini’s
pollution 1.5 times more than Kathmandu says new
report (kp 05/02/2018)
24
tonnes of solid waste removed under clean-up
campaigns (kp 28/01/2018)
Open
burning
of wastecontributing to rise in air pollution
levels: 28.4 tonnes waste is generated by
hospitals in the valley every day (ht
28/01/2018)
Amping
it
up: Given how vehicular emission accounts for 38
percent of Kathmandu’s air pollution, important
strides have been taken for the promotion
of Electric Vehicles. But has it succeeded in
creating conditions that wean the public away
from combustion-powered vehicles?, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 27/01/2018)
Saving
the
earth with earth bricks: Kathmandu Valley’s air
can be cleaner and its houses safer and cheaper
to make with these new building blocks, by
Sonia Awale (nt 26/01/2018)
Going
all in, by Priyanka Gurung (rep 26/01/2018)
[on Bagmati cleaning campaign]
Nepal’s
air quality is worst in the world: EPI report
(kp 25/01/2018) [see detailed report]
Govt
calls
for ban on ‘open waste burning’ to mitigate air
pollution: A study by the Department of
Environment shows that burning of waste
contributes 19 percent to Valley’s air
pollution (kp 23/01/2018), Full
of hot air: As all else, government directives
against air pollution only work if they are
enforced (kp 24/01/2018)
Poor
air quality leaves Valley folk gasping for
breath (kp 21/01/2018)
Half
of valley vehicles flout emission norms, by
Sujan Dhungana (ht 20/01/2018)
What
are you allergic to? An epidemic of
pollution-related allergies sweeps Kathmandu as
winter wears on, by Sonia Awale (nt
19/01/2018)
SC:
Act swiftly to check air pollution (kp
15/01/2018)
Bagmati
River gets polluted yet again; fish start dying
(ht 14/01/2018)
Pollution
crisis: Action is required before Capital city’s
air pollution crisis becomes the new capital
punishment (ht 12/01/2018), Students
protest deteriorating air quality of Capital
(kp 13/01/2018)
Coming
clean: Time to act to save Bagmati, by
Balaram Sharma (ht 11/01/2018)
47
pc of booked vehicles do not meet set standards
(rep 11/01/2018)
KUKL
told to tackle dust pollution, by Ram Saran
Tamang (rep 11/01/2018)
Air
pollution: Traffic cops worst-hit (ht
09/01/2018)
Use
of excessive coal in brick kilns adding to
pollution (ht 08/01/2018)
Air
pollution levels in Ratnapark have crossed
national standards, says DoE (ht
06/01/2018), Valley
clean
air rally draws hundreds: Many stations
installed in the Valley to monitor air quality
have been marking higher levels of PM 2.5—one
of the primary and most dangerous
pollutants in the air (kp 07/01/2018)
Air
pollution levels exceed national standards in
Bhaktapur, Bhaisepati (ht 03/01/2018)
Fund
meant for fighting air pollution unused, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 31/12/2017)
NPC
buys first EV to counter pollution (kp
30/12/2017)
KMC
focus on road repair to control dust pollution
(kp 25/12/2017)
Pollution
check: If we start using public transport
instead of private cars it will help reduce our
emissions significantly, by David Kainee
(rep 19/12/2017)
DoTM
to make emissions test mandatory, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 16/12/2017)
12
million
babies exposed to toxic air in South Asia:
Inhaling polluted air during the first 1,000
days of life can impact childhood development
(ht 06/12/2017), 75
pc Nepalis exposed to unsafe particulate matter
levels (rep 06/12/2017)
Most
Valley vehicles spew smoke well above limit:
Nearly half failed emission test conducted by
govt team, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
03/12/2017)
KMC
clean-up drive for dust, dirt and grime free
streets (kp 01/12/2017), KMC
sprinkling water on roads to curb pollution
(ht 02/12/29017)
Govt
to buy 40 vehicle emission test devices (kp
29/11/2017), Emission
test
begins from Singha Durbar: Authorities plan to
strictly enforce vehicle emission
standards to control growing air pollution in
city areas (kp 30/11/2017)
Breath
of life: Policies to incentivise switch from
fossil fuels to electric power a must to improve
air quality in Kathmandu, by Swastika Regmi
(kp 28/11/2017)
Vehicle
emission test to start from Singha Durbar
(kp 27/11/2017)
Clean
City drive: 9 metric tons of dust removed
(kp 26/11/2017)
Danger
in the air: Pollution kills 15 times more people
than all the world’s wars and violence combined,
by Dharmendra Kalauni (kp 21/11/2017)
Clean-up
campaigns continue: 35 metric tons of waste
removed from Valley rivers and roadsides (kp
19/11/2017), KMC
resumes ‘Clean City’ drive (kp 19/11/2017)
‘Quick
Action Team’ to address pollution woes (kp
18/11/2017) [??],
Suffocating
city:
Those dust-desecrated seventy minutes triggered
an allergy, resulting in throat infection,
cough, and itching, watery eyes, by Archana
Thapa (rep 18/11/2017)
Parties
stress on pollution control, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 09/11/2017)
Suffocated
by road dust, locals stage protest, by Aman
Kouirala (kp 09/11/2017)
Clean-up
campaigns
go on in various parts of Capital: Marking the
234th week of Bagmati Mega Clean-up Campaign,
participants extract 10 metric tons of waste
from the river (kp 05/11/2017), 58
metric tonnes garbage collected (ht
05/11/2017)
‘Lead
exposure high among children’ (kp 30/10/2017)
42
metric tonnes of waste extracted from Valley
rivers: More than 600 people participate in the
Bagmati Clean-up Mega Campaign (kp 29/10/2017)
Breathe
Free: A social media survey reveals the true
extent of the health impact of Kathmandu’s
deteriorating air quality, by Ayesha Shakya
(nt 27/10/2017)
Proper
repair of Valley roads only after Melamchi project
concludes (ht 24/10/2017)
Lead
content in paints decreasing: Study (kp
23/10/2017)
Littering
on Annapurna Circuit raises concerns, by Aas
Gurung and Dipak Pariyar (kp 19/10/2017)
41
metric ton waste removed from rivers, Ring Road
areas (kp 15/10/2017)
KMC
to seek aid for pollution control: Currently,
nine air quality monitoring stations are in
operation in the Valley (ht 15/10/2017)
Protect
community
health: Noise pollution is a major health
hazard; Nepal must learn to curb it
through regulation and enforcement, by
Khagendra N. Sharma (kp 08/10/2017)
28
metric tons of waste extracted (kp
08/10/2017)
36
metric tonnes waste collected (ht
24/09/2017)
Rs
5b fund unused, Bagmati project dependent on ADB
grants, by Kilak Budhathoki (rep 18/09/2017)
67
metric tonnes of waste removed (kp
17/09/2017)
Taking
responsibility: Curbing GHG emissions should be
a moral obligation for countries the world over,
by Khagendra N. Sharma (kp 10/09/2017)
Crusher
plants causing noise pollution: Locals, by
Suman Malla (rep 09/09/2017)
More
air quality checking stations coming up (kp
03/09/2017), Nine
stations in operation to measure air quality in
Valley (ht 04/09/2017)
8
tons waste extracted from Bagmati (kp
03/09/2017)
Villages
can
reduce carbon footprint with biogas plants:
Study finds a village emitting over 1000
tonnes of carbon dioxide annually can reduce the
emission by half using biogas plants, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 29/08/2017)
13
metric tons of solid waste extracted in clean-up
drives (kp 27/08/2017)
Ban
on unnecessary honking becoming effective in
Pokhara-Lekhnath, by Santosh Subedi (reo
27/08/2017)
Air
pollution levels decline in Valley (ht
20/08/2017)
Study
to identify sources of air pollution (ht
12/08/2017)
Mercury
poisoning: Govt’s ratification delay raises
fears, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
09/08/2017)
Ruined
crops: Unless remedial measures are taken the
damage caused by industrial pollution would get
worse (ht 09/08/2017)
‘No
reduction in plastic litter in Bagmati’ (ht
02/08/2017)
Clean-up
drive
continues in Valley (kp 30/07/2017)
Reviving
a
river: Rampant population growth and
urbanisation have dealt a death blow to the
Bagmati, by Balaram Chaulagain (kp
27/07/2017)
Nine
metric
tons waste extracted from Bishnumati (kp
23/07/2017)
‘Water
quality
of Bagmati improving’ (ht 19/07/2017)
Bagmati
cleaning
task to be handed over to local levels by next
year (ht 16/07/2017)
66
per
cent water consumed in Valley contaminated: Even
purified bottled water contains deadly microbes,
E coli and coliform (ht 15/07/2017)
Govt
to
set up four more air quality monitoring stations
(ht 15/07/2017)
Over
38
metric tonnes of garbage collected from major
rivers in Valley (ht 09/07/2017)
Taking
the
lead on lead: Nepali children are exposed to
alarmingly high levels of lead, which is slowing
their intellectual development, by Sonia
Awale (nt 07/07/2017)
Metropolitan
office
flooded with plaints (ht 05/07/2017)
1,381
face
action in four years for polluting Valley rivers
(kp 02/07/2017)
17
metric
tons of solid waste extracted from Bagmati
(kp 25/06/2017), 35
metric
tonnes of garbage managed from Valley (ht
25/06/2017)
No
horn,
please: Noise pollution is not only a traffic
problem, it is also a health problem, by
Khagendra Nath Sharma (kp 25/06/2017)
KMC
seeks
advice on road broomers (ht 23/06/2017)
Air
quality
action plan for Kathmandu soon (kp
19/06/2017)
Air
quality
monitoring: Seven more stations by end of this
year: DoE (kp 18/06/2017)
Bagmati
clean-up
drive: Manisha Koirala appointed goodwill
ambassador (kp 17/06/2017), Manisha
‘excited’
to be part of campaign (kp 18/06/2018)
Over
40
metric ton garbage extracted from Valley rivers
(kp 11/06/2017), Over
46
metric tonnes of garbage managed from major
rivers in Valley (ht 11/06/2017)
Slow
killer:
Reducing air pollution requires an understanding
of the different sources and their relative
impacts, by Rupesh Paudyal (kp 09/06/2017)
Keeping
The City Clean, by Shyam KC (rn 07/06/2017)
Environmental
Pollution A Global Emergency, by Kishor
Adhikari (rn 06/06/2017)
SDG
6
: The stuff of life; It is critical to address water
pollution issues to achieve national health goals,
by Sitaram Kattel and Kunjana Ghimire (kp 06/06/2017)
Financial
costs
of mercury contamination a heavy burden (ht
06/06/2017)
‘Bagmati
River
to be sewage-free by 2020’ (kp 06/06/2017)
40
tonnes
of waste picked from rivers, Ring Road (kp
04/06/2017)
The
dust
bowl: Amount of particulate matter in the Valley
air is three times the permissible limit, by
Niranjan Mani Dixit (kp 04/06/2017)
Bagmati
clean-up
in neglected areas now (ht 31/05/2017)
Miasma
of death: You won’t be able to walk for 15
minutes in Kathmandu today without feeling
suffocated by smoke and dust, by Ajaya Kusum
Adhikari (rep 30/05/2017)
32
metric
ton solid waste extracted from Valley rivers
(kp 28/05/2017)
Broom
and
dust: Dust control does not require a high level
of technology; it can be achieved through a
multi-pronged approach, by Naresh Koirala
(kp 22/05/2017)
Over
40
metric ton solid waste collected from Valley
rivers: The Bagmati Mega Clean-up Campaign is
running in the fifth year with the drive marking
210th week on Saturday (kip 21/05/2017)
Road
to
new Kathmandu: Inconvenience caused by the
Melamchi project could have been lessened with
some planning and coordination among concerned
agencies, by Mangleshwori Dhonju (kp
16/05/2017)
KMC
experts
to explore broomer machines in India (kp
03/04/2017)
Cleaning
of
Bagmati: More is necessary, by Jiba Raj
Pokharel (ht 02/05/2017)
Clean-up
campaign
continues in Valley’s rivers, Ring Road areas
(kp 30/04/2017)
Scientists
begin
Bagmati clean-up impact study (ht
30/04/2017)
Air
pollution
biggest health risk in urban areas (ht
30/04/2017)
How
Un-Green
is My Valley, by Akhilesh Upadhyay (kp
29/04/2017)
KMC
burns
petrol to promote ‘no horn’: Motorcycle rally
widely criticised, including by health minister,
by Anup Ojha (kp 28/04/2017)
Mitigating
dust
pollution: KMC pressure washing dusty roads
(kp 27/04/2017)
37
metric
tons of garbage managed from major rivers in
valley (ht 23/04/2017)
City
of
pollution: Artificial calamity, by Mahesh
Lamsal (ht 21/04/2017)
The
city of Silence, by Cilla Khatry (rep
21/04/2017)
Noise
pollution:
Shhhhh! Hopefully, Kathmandu can ease transport
bottlenecks and create safe and pleasant public
spaces, by Thomas B. Robertson (kp
18/04/2017)
Ring
Road
cleanup campaign kicks off (kp 16/04/2017)
Govt
recommends
workplace noise limit (ht 16/04/2017)
Government
prepares
to launch Air Pollution Control Action Plan
(ht 15/04/2017)
The
masked existence, by Priyanka Gurung (rep
14/04/2017)
In
choked
Capital, artists perform against pollution:
Students wrapped in plastic sheets take to
streets, by Samikshya Bhattarai (kp
14/04/2017)
Risk
of
Bagmati sanitation being undone persists, by
Anup Ojha (kp 14/04/2017)
Talking
rubbish, by Gunjan Upadhyay (rep 14/04/2017)
Ban
on horns comes into effect from today, by
Ram Saran Tamang (rep 14/04/2017), No
Horn
regulation comes into effect: Authorities tout
it as success, but traffic was thin on New
Year’s Day (kp 15/04/2017), Ban
on
needless honking comes into effect (ht
15/04/2017)
Rs
300
m sought to make city dust-free (ht
11/04/2017), Pollution
in
Kathmandu: Interventions needed, by Jiba Raj
Pokharel (ht 11/04/2017), Details
sought
of action taken to check air pollution (ht
12/04/2017), Control
the
dust: The Melamchi project can at least carry
out temporary black topping of the busy areas
and spray water to minimise dust (ht
12/04/2017), Govt
forms
panel to implement apex court order (ht
14/04/2017)
Something
in
the air: Looks like Dustmandu is going to
continue to live up to its name for the
foreseeable future, by Deepak Thapa (kp
06/04/2017)
Dust
hazards:
Despite knowing about the hazards that dust
pollution poses, very little is being done to
reduce it (ht 06/04/2017)
Valley
denizens
advised to wear dust mask (ht 05/04/2017)
Valley
to
be declared ‘no horn zone’: The rule will come
into force from April 14, according to
authorities, by Anup Ojha (kp 04/04/2017)
Most
of
the air pollution in Kathmandu is locally
generated, interview with Bhushan Tuladhar
(kp 03/04/2017)
KMC
to
use broomers to clean dusty roads (ht
01/04/2017), ‘Budget
for
10 broomer machines soon’ (kp 02/04/2017)
Euro
IV
standard fuel to be sold from Sat (kp
30/03/2017)
No
safety rules yet against pollution near schools,
by Bishnu Prasad Aryal (rep 27/03/2017)
Topography
to
blame for worsening air pollution (ht
25/03/2017)
Lumbini
chokes
as pollution levels cross safe limits, by
Samipa Khanal (kp 24/03/2017), Air
pollution
levels higher in Lumbini than in Ratnapark
(ht 24/03/2017)
It’s
a battlefield out there, by Kalu Maila (rep
24/03/2017)
New
filter
at Ratna Park air quality centre (ht
21/03/2017)
Trans-border
pollution impacts air quality in Nepal, by
Ram Saran Tamang (rep 21/03/2017)
Government
gets
access to US Embassy AQM data (ht
18/03/2017)
Changing
tides:
The energy generated by the Clean Bagmati
Campaign must be sustained (kp 17/03/2017)
Melamchi
told
to spray water to tackle dust (ht
15/03/2017)
2
new air quality monitoring stations in Valley,
by Ram Saran Tamang (rep 15/03/2017)
Bagmati
clean-up
marks 200th week, by Samipa Khanal (kp
12/03/2017)
Air
too dangerous to breathe: Kathmandu residents
breathed extremely polluted air in Magh, by
Ajaya Shrestha (rep 09/03/2017)
Report
and Reality: Melamchi environment plan only on
paper, Lack of proper implementation a threat to
public health (rep 08/03/2017)
32
tonnes
of waste extracted from rivers (kp
05/03/2017)
KMC
starts
crackdown on illegal billboards, by Samipa
Khanal (kp 05/03/2017)
Power
cuts
shut air quality monitoring station at Ratnapark
(ht 05/03/2017)
‘Raise
awareness
about hazards of noise pollution’ (kp
04/03/2017)
Putting
up
with pollution: Indifference to environmental
issues over the years has allowed Kathmandu’s
air to be hardly breathable, by Navin Singh
Khadka (kp 03/03/2017)
HPCIDBC
becomes
River Basin Organisation (ht 03/03/2017)
Haze
hampers
visibility, gives rise to lung problems (ht
28/02/2017)
Bagmati
clean-up
drive enters 198th week (kp 26/02/2017)
Cheap
cloth masks unreliable against Valley pollution:
Study, by Bishnu Prasad Aryal (rep
23/02/2017)
Social
crime: Air pollution in capital (rep
20/02/2017)
Plan
to
revive Bagmati taking shape, by Anup Ojha
(kp 19/02/2017)
'Traffic
police suffer most from air pollution', by
Ram Saran Tamang (rep 17/02/2017)
Kathmandu
Valley:
Dust bowl of pollution, by Surendra Bahadur
Sijapati (ht 17/02/2017)
Doable
steps to cure capital's air pollution: Simple
actions that can cure capital's air pollution
(rep 15/02/2017)
Local
innovation to ease indoor pollution, by Ram
Saran Tamang (rep 13/02/2017)
Dust
Pollution: Playing Havoc With Life, by Uttam
Maharjan (rn 09/02/2017), Officials
clueless as dust crisis worsens, by Gyan P.
Neupane (rep 09/02/201), Every
breath
you take, by Sonia Awale (nt 10/02/2017), Polluted
politics (nt 10/02/2017), Figuring
out
what to do: Air pollution data is needed for an
informed public and responsive decision making,
by Arnico K. Panday (nt 10/02/2017)
16
tonnes
of solid waste extracted from Valley rivers
(kp 05/02/2017)
Govt
told
to keep roads in the Valley dust-free (ht
04/02/2017), House
panel tells authorities to restore dug up roads
(rep 04/02/2017)
KMC
arrests
two for pasting posters on walls, poles (kp
03/02/2017)
Kathmandu
becoming mask town, by Pooja Chauhan (rep
03/02/2017)
Bagmati
River
to be sewage-free (ht 01/02/2017)
Broomer
machines
to be used to clean Valley roads (kp
31/01/2017)
Problem
in
the air: As per Pollution Index 2016, Kathmandu
is the third most polluted city in the world,
by Binod Rayamajhee (kp 31/01/2017)
19
metric
tonnes of solid waste extracted from Valley
rivers (kp 29/01/2017)
Occupational
hazard:
Being a traffic police in Kathmandu certainly
isn’t easy, but increasingly, it also is very
lethal, by Dipesh Khatiwada (kp 28/01/2017)
'Kathmandu
air pollution on track to rival Delhi's', by
Ram Saran Tamang (rep 21/01/2017)
Pollution
Takes Human Toll, by Shyam KC (rn
18/01/2017)
‘Valley
traffic
cops face several health threats’, by Samipa
Khanal (kp 16/01/2017)
11
tonnes
of solid waste extracted from Valley rivers
(kp 15/01/2017)
Concerned
agencies
told to take steps to improve air quality
(kp 13/01/2017)
NPC
to
hold interaction on pollution as Capital chokes
(kp 10/01/2017), Yearning
to
breathe free: Govt must demonstrate
political will to tackle alarming air
pollution (kp 11/01/2017)
10
tonnes
of solid waste extracted from rivers (kp
08/01/2017)
Dust
problem in Biratnagar turns acute, by Ajit
Tiwari (rep 06/01/2017)
Draft
of
national pollution control strategy finalised
(ht 05/01/2017), Tackling
pollution:
This strategy, if implemented, would enable the
collection of the necessary data on pollution,
ultimately helping to address the problem of
pollution (ht 06/01/2017)
Government
fails
in its responsibility to curb Valley’s dust
pollution (ht 03/01/2017)
Valley’s
air
quality worsens (kp 31/12/2016)
Brick
kilns
adopting zig-zag technology (ht 31/12/2016)
Patients
with
respiratory problems up, by Arjun Poudel (ht
26/12/2016), Shocking
scenario:
There is no place in the Valley where people are
not suffering from the respiratory ailments
(ht 27/12/2016), 'Dust
turning Valley into health hazard hub', by
Ram Saran Tamang (rep 29/12/2016)
Sewage
from
local hotels polluting Phewa Lake, by
Birendra KC (kp 20/12/2016)
‘Government
not
doing enough to control air and noise pollution’
(ht 15/12/2016)
22
metric
tonnes of waste extracted from Valley rivers
(kp 11/12/2016)
Bagmati
River
to be made filth free (ht 09/12/2016)
River
clean-up
campaign continues (kp 04/12/2016), Poor
local
participation in Bagmati Clean-up (kp
04/12/2016)
Air
quality
monitoring stations begin operation (kp
30/11/2016)
The
capital chokes: Combating air pollution has
never been a priority of the Nepali political
class or of our government, by Ishwar
Rauniyar (rep 24/11/2016)
Fighting
indoor air pollution through improved stoves,
by Ram Saran Tamang (rep 22/11/2016)
Bagmati
clean-up
campaign: 15 metric tonnes of garbage extracted
from the river (kp 20/11/2016)
Sketching
Bagmati:
A multimedia project to revive the enthusiasm
for change and the Bagmati itself Smriti Basnet
(nt 18/11/2016)
The
city
chokes: A host of measures can help control air
pollution in Kathmandu Valley, by Prashanta
Khanal (kp 17/11/2016)
183rd
week
of bagmati clean-up drive: Campaigners bid
farewell to Paudyal (kp 13/11/2016)
Euro
IV
standard petrol, diesel from April 17 (ht
11/11/2016)
Bagmati
clean-up
faces uncertain future without campaign leader
Paudyal (ht 10/11/2016)
Kathmandu
faring
no better as Delhi chokes (kp 09/11/2016)
90pc
of
Bagmati drain installation complete, by Anup
Ojha (kp 20/10/2016)
Air
pollution
levels rising (ht 18/10/2016)
Rampant
dumping
of garbage at Bhateri pollutes Madi River (ht
17/10/2016)
Bagmati
clean-up
continues (kp 16/10/2016)
Nepal
calls
for tech transfer to phase out HFCs (kp
15/10/2016)
The
air
we breathe: It’s high time all stakeholders
started adopting apt measures to control
Kathmandu’s air pollution, by Anustha Shrestha
(kp 09/10/2016)
15
air
quality monitoring stations to be run across
country (ht 06/10/2016)
Toxic
priorities:
By ignoring hazardous air pollution levels,
government entities are actively creating a public
health disaster, by Samik Adhikari (kp
03/10/2016)
‘Air
pollution
major killer in Nepal’, by Pragati Shahi (kp
28/09/2016), WHO
calls
for improving air quality: 9,940 dies from
pollution-related causes in Nepal last year
(ht 28/09/2016), Slow
killer:
Urgent steps are necessary to control the
country’s disturbing level of air pollution
(kp 29/09/2016), Air
pollution causing more deaths than road accidents,
by Ram Saran Tamang (rep 01/10/2016)
18
tonnes
of solid waste collected from rivers (ht
11/09/2016)
Valley
picked
for air quality improvement project (kp
07/09/2016)
Brick
kilns
pose risk to health and environment (ht
01/09/2016)
Protection
against
air pollution: Cloth masks are not very effective,
study reveals, by Garima Chaulagain (kp
31/08/2016)
Noise
pollution
hits TIA operations, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht
29/08/2016)
Work
on
pollution control strategy starts (kp
27/08/2016)
Ensure
clean
air: As air pollution can cause serious health
problems we need to do more to reduce the air
pollution level and ultimately be able to breathe
clean air, which is our right (ht
26/08/2016)
Cops
to
fine motorists using pressure horns (ht
25/08/2016)
25
tonnes
of waste collected from Bagmati (ht
21/08/2016)
Trishuli
River
getting polluted (ht 20/08/2016)
Challenges
of curbing vehicle emissions, by Priyanka
Gurung (rep 19/08/2016), The
suffocating state, by Shruti Dhungel (rep
19/08/2016)
Keeping
Kathmandu
Out: As Kathmandu’s demand for anti-pollution
face-masks grows, new products are making the
lives of commuters more bearable, if they can
afford it, by Pragati Shahi (kp 13/08/2016)
DoE
starts
setting up air quality monitoring stations (ht
25/07/2016), Technical
glitches
hit air monitoring stations (ht 12/08/2016)
DoE
sets
up first of proposed 12 air quality monitoring
stations in Valley, by Anup Ojha (kp
18/07/2016), Poor
air
quality (ht 18/07/2016)
12
tonnes
of waste collected from Bagmati, Bishnumati
(kp 17/07/2016)
55
tonnes
of solid waste extracted from Bishnumati (kp
10/07/2016)
Seventeen
metric
tonne garbage extracted from Bagmati riverside
(kp 03/07/2016)
Visual
pollution
goes unchecked in Kathmandu, by Anita Shrestha
(ht 02/07/2016)
DoE
to
set up 3 air monitoring stations: Various
independent researches have listed Kathmandu among
the world’s most polluted cities (kp
23/06/2016)
Alarming
air
quality: At one time the authorities were strictly
checking these emissions by measuring them and
even fining the offending vehicle owners (ht
08/06/2016)
Campaigners
demand
healthy environment, by Anuj Kumar Adhikari
(kp 06/06/2016)
Kathmandu’s
poor
air quality: Environmentalists ring alarm bells
(kp 04/06/2016), Kathmandu’s
air
quality degrading rapidly after earthquakes
(ht 04/06/2016)
High
pollution
levels: Respiratory problems among kids ‘on rise’
(kp 31/05/2016)
Losing
darkness:
Light pollution, by Shreemad Pradhan (ht
23/05/2016)
Air
pollution
levels higher in Bhaktapur than in Kathmandu,
by Anita Shrestha (kp 22/05/2016)
Pollution
at
your doorstep: Hemmed in by a generator and a
disco, my house has turned into a gas and torture
chamber, by Sandhya Regmi (kp 15/05/2016)
Dust,
Dust, Everywhere, by Uttam Maharjan (rn
12/05/2016)
Electric
crematorium:
Breaking stereotype, facility contributes to clean
Bagmati, by Anup Ojha (kp 11/05/2016)
12
tonne
waste retrieved (kp 08/05/2016)
Bagmati
clean-up
campaign losing steam, by Pramod Kumar
Tandan (ht 08/05/2016)
Pollution
taking
toll on health of Valley denizens (kp
01/05/2016)
Inconvenient
truth:
Nepal is yet to submit a promise to reduce
carbon emission as per the INDC pledge, by
Sagarika Bhatta (kp 29/03/2016)
Stuck
in
a haze: The country needs a dedicated agency to
control pollution and protect environment
(kp 28/03/2016)
Bagmati
Mahotsav
marks 150th week of campaign: President Bhandari
stresses on the need to use new technology to
keep the holy river clean, by Anup Ojha (kp
27/03/2016), Bagmati
clean-up
drive in 150th week (ht 27/03/2016)
Haze
attributed
to raging jungle blaze: Experts warn of
significant deterioration in air quality, by
Pragati Shahi (kp 26/03/2016), Valley
chokes
as air pollution levels shoot up (ht
26/03/2016)
Waste
collected
from Trishuli riverbanks: 30 boats are used to
collect empty noodles packets and beer bottles,
among other wastes, from the riverbanks (kp
22/03/2016)
Kathmandu
3rd
most polluted city in the world (kp
20/03/2016), More
and
more people suffering from COPD, say docs,
by Tika R. Pradhan (ht 20/03/2016)
Now
fish
can survive in Bagmati River (ht 14/02/2016)
The
hiding
enemy, by Sneha Pandey (rep 12/02/2016)
15
tonnes
of garbage removed from Bagmati river (kp
07/02/2016)
Breathable
Kathmandu:
Nepal and in particular Kathmandu can learn from
the success of Hong Kong, by Rassu Manandhar
(kp 07/02/2016)
Nepal’s
air
pollution among worst (kp 29/01/2016)
Dhobi
Khola
clean-up drive marks 100 weeks (kp
24/01/2016)
Under
the
smog, by Kaushal Adhikari (kp 23/01/2016)
Bagmati
clean-up:
Campaigners go over already cleaned Sinamangal
area (kp 17/01/2016)
Clean
Bagmati
Campaign enters 138th week: 10 metric tonnes of
garbage extracted from river on Saturday (kp
03/01/2015)
The
city
chokes: Air pollution in Kathmandu should alarm
everyone (kp 23/12/2015)
Saving
rivers:
The polluted rivers across Nepal need serious
attention, by Lal Rapacha (kp 22/12/2015)
Is
Kathmandu
pollution new capital punishment?, by
Pragati Shahi (kp 19/12/2015)
Clean
Bagmati
campaign: Volunteers remove 15T of garbage
(kp 13/12/2015)
Smoke
and
mirrors: A telefilm about air pollution and its
link to health and climate, by Sahina
Shrestha (nt 30/10/2015)
Clean
Bagmati
campaign: 5 metric tonnes of garbage removed
(kp 11/10/2015)
Proper
mgmt
of pollutants on cards (kp 07/10/2015)
A
good ride: Govt should introduce programmes to
promote use of zero emission vehicles (kp
30/09/2015)
E-rickshaws
taking
over Nepalgunj, by Rajendra Nath and Thakur
Singh Tharu (kp 30/09/2015)
Something
in
the air: Due to air pollution, chronic
obstructive pulmonary diseases continue to rise
in the Valley, by Sandhya Regmi (kp
25/09/2015)
Airpocalypse:
There
is an urgent need to address the alarming levels
of air pollution in Kathmandu, by Garima
Chaulagain (kp 11/09/2015)
SC
puts
ban on visual pollution (kp 03/09/2015)
Hard
to
breathe: Govt needs to take immediate actions to
reduce air pollution in the Valley (kp
01/09/2015)
‘Air
has
cancer-causing chemicals’ (kp 30/08/2015)
Owners
of
polluting pets to be fined by KMC (ht
27/08/2015)
Bagmati
campaign
going strong (kp 16/08/2015)
Tainted
water
spreading diarrheal infection in Kuleshwar
(rep 05/08/2015)
Diesel
generator
emissions making Valley air more toxic (ht
28/07/2015)
Air
quality
monitoring: Govt to install 11 new stations
(kp 22/07/2015)
Coliform
found
in drinking water, by Lal Prasad Sharma (kp
13/07/2015)
Toxic
chemicals
in quake debris threat to environment: Experts,
by Riwaj Rai (rep 13/07/2015)
Polluted
tributaries
plaguing Bagmati River (ht 05/07/2015)
Introduction
of
pollution-free electric rickshaws stir protests,
by Rohit Rai (rep 06/06/2015)
Factories’
waste
water stinks to high heaven, by Lila Ballav
Ghimire (kp 22/04/2015)
Bagmati
bachao:
uthorities should base the Bagmati clean-up on a
scientific plan to live up to the legacy of Huta
Ram Baidya, by Ananta R. Baidya (kp
16/04/2015)
Seti
River
clean-up campaign kicks off (ht 16/04/2015)
Well
begun,
half done: Bagmati clean-up now requires the
treatment of sewage and drainage (kp
13/04/2015)
Silent
killers:
Contamination of drinking water by toxic metal
ions can have disastrous consequences, including
cancer, by Kosh P. Neupane (kp 09/04/2015)
Special
Bagmati
clean-up campaign on April 11 (ht
21/03/2015), 60,000
people
to join mega drive in 100th week (kp
22/03/2015), Govt
wants
huge turnout for 100th week of campaign (kp
04/04/2015), Campaign
in
100th week, by Pragati Shahi (kp
11/05/2015), Making
every
drop count, by Pragati Shahi (kp
11/05/2015), 100th
week
to be marked today
by forming human chain (ht 11/04/2015), Reviving
the
Bagmati: Carrying on the legacy of Bagmati Ba
who visualised a clean living Bagmati River for
the future generations, by Meena Panday (ht
11/04/2015), Over
100,000
people join river clean-up drive, by Anup
Ojha and Pragati Shahi (kp 12/04/2015), 100th
week,
thousands of participants, one mission: Special
event brings people from different walks of
life, political leaders, civil servants and
others together (ht 12/04/2015)
Kathmandu
denizens
choking on air pollution: Polluted atmosphere
eating into health of city residents; Experts
call for immediate action (kp 19/03/2015)
2,600
tonnes
waste removed from Bagmati (ht 08/03/2015)
The
other
bad carbon: Black carbon is easier and faster to
control than carbon dioxide to reduce global
warming and health hazards, by Kunda Dixit
(nt 06/03/2015), Clean
kilns:
Lack of incentives for green bricks means
factories are still using old, polluting
technology, by Sonia Awale (nt 06/03/2015)
Nakkhu
river
clean-up drive (kp 08/02/2015), Nakhkhu
River
clean-up campaign in full swing (ht
08/02/2015)
Contaminated
water
plagues Martadi residents (ht 08/02/2015)
Lalitpur
folk
join hands to clean Nakhu River, by Kaushal
Ghimire (kp 04/02/2015)
Clean
Bagmati
campaign: 1,700 metric tonnes of waste removed
(kp 01/02/2015)
Colour
of
health: The new standard of 90 ppm lead in
paints will ultimately help eliminate leaded
paint from Nepal, by Ram Charitra Sah (kp
20/01/2015)
Govt
set
to remove 20-yr-old vehicles, by Samik
Kharel (kp 18/01/2015)
A
dangerous data gap: Invisible particles cause
health risks for Kathmandu’s residents, but poor
data means we do not know how bad the situation
really is, by Gyanu Adhikari (kp 05/01/2015) |