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Winter
air blues : It is a matter of time before cities are
again shrouded in toxic haze—with citizens paying
the price (kp 27/10/2025)
Pollution
in Sirsiya river remains unabated even during Chhath
: Locals accuse factories along the Parsa-Bara
industrial corridor of disrespecting religious
sentiments by discharging waste into the river,
by Shankar Acharya (kp 26/10/2025)
As
smog season looms, experts urge early action on air
pollution : They say preparedness for rain-related
disaster earlier this month saved lives, and call
for similar measures against emissions, by Arjun
Poudel (kp 24/10/2025)
Police
crack down on loud horns, noisy bikes (rep
17/10/2025)
Nepalis
could live 3.3 years longer if air pollution met WHO
standards, by Shree Ram Subedi (rep 28/08/2025)
Dangerous
microbes found in tap water in Kathmandu :
Authorities urge the public to boil water before
drinking. Recent tests have shown even jar water is
not always safe (kp 18/08/20025)
Faecal
coliform found in all tap water samples from
Lalitpur locality : Latest tests in ward 3 of
Mahankal Rural Municipality confirm the
contamination. A few days ago 60 percent of jar
water samples in Godavari was found unsafe, by
Arjun Poudel (kp 08/08/2025)
Locals
protest against industrial pollution in Bara, by
Upendra Yadav (rep 08/08/2025)
Raise
Voice On Plastic Pollution, by Nabin Bikash
Maharjan (rn 08/08/2025)
60
percent of jar water samples collected from Godawari
found contaminated with faecal coliform : Hospitals
in the Valley report a surge in diarrhoea, viral
hepatitis, and viral fever cases (kp 29/07/2025)
Advancing
air quality initiatives: Taming the silent killer,
by Pushpa Raj Joshi (ht 07/07/2025)
Air
quality measurement center established in Mustang
(kh 043/07/2025)
Life
and death : The country’s number one killer, air
pollution is no longer something we can take for
granted (kp 25/06/2025)
A
Growing Health Concern : Air Pollution Remains the
Top Health Risk Factor in Nepal (sp 20/06/2025)
Half
of City buses fail pollution test in Pokhara (rn
20/06/2025)
Air
pollution is number one health risk factor in Nepal:
WB (rn 17/06/2025), Air
pollution is top cause of death and disability in
Nepal : Filthy air cuts life expectancy by 3.4
years, causes around 26,000 premature deaths
annually: World Bank report (kp 18/06/2025) [see
WB
report]
Invisible
Victims: How Air Pollution Threatens Insects and Our
Future, by Prayan Pokharel (rep 11/06/2025)
KMC
launches real-time dashboard to monitor air
pollution across Kathmandu (kh 06/06/2025)
Reduce
Plastic Use to Protect the Environment (rep
06/06/2025)
Heavy
rain clears Kathmandu’s pollution, AQI drops to 46
(rep 29/05/2025)
Lumbini
cement, brick factories cause high level of NO2
pollution, by BP Aryal (ae 28/05/2025)
A
holy river or a health hazard?, by Santosh Dulal
(ae 14/05/2025)
Crackdown
on polluting vehicles shifts public attitude on
engine maintenance : 70 percent of diesel and 30
percent of petrol vehicles failed Kathmandu
metropolitan emission test (kp 14/05/2025)
Nepal’s
billion-dollar smog : Despite the escalating costs,
Nepal’s approach to air pollution remains
underpowered, by Yanki Ukyab (kp 04/05/2025)
Bagmati
Cleanup Campaign manages two metric tons of waste in
Kathmandu (kh 26/04/2025)
Breathing
Peril: Kathmandu's Polluted Air, by Munish
Sharma (rn 19/04/2025)
How
Nepal can tackle plastic pollution through CSR and
EPR, by Aanand Mishra (ae 18/04/2025)
Kathmandu
Valley ranks second globally as air quality
deteriorates again (rep 17/04/2025)
Govt
to step up vehicle and industry inspections to
control pollution (rep 17/04/2025)
Air
pollution in Kathmandu Valley rises as rains subside
(kh 13/04/2025)
KMC
detains over 20 vehicles overnight for emission
violations : Of the 1,744 vehicles so far checked,
nearly two-thirds of diesel vehicles and 19 percent
petrol vehicles failed emission tests (kp
12/04/2025)
What
is invisible is more dangerous : Kathmandu Valley’s
air is not polluted, it is poisonous, by Sonia
Awale (nt 11/04/2025)
Kathmandu’s
air quality improves, drops from world’s most
polluted to 10th place (kh 10/05/2025)
Kathmandu
tops global air pollution index (kh 09/04/2025),
Nepal
suffocates in unprecedented haze : Meteorologists
have forecast light to moderate rainfall for today,
which could lessen the air pollution, by Arjun
Poudel (kp 09/04/2025)
Valley
toxic air is choking street dogs, too : Air
pollution, seasonal changes increase respiratory,
gastrointestinal problems in animals (kp
09/04/2025)
Kathmandu
ranked most polluted city in the world (kh
08/04/2025)
Air
pollution in Kathmandu remains high, ranks second
(kh 06/04/2025), Kathmandu
Valley’s air quality “alarming” : Second most
polluted city in the world this week (kh
07/04/2025), ‘Air
quality may worsen as rainfall remains unlikely’
(rep 07/04/2025)
Kathmandu’s air
quality ‘unhealthy’ as it ranks most polluted city :
Public advised to stay indoors (kh 05/04/2025)
Living
hell : Time has come to declare a health emergency
and take every possible step to control air
pollution (kp 04/04/2025)
Meteorologists
warn pollution in Kathmandu Valley likely to
continue without rain (kh 04/04/2025)
Air
pollution in Kathmandu decreases with increased wind
speed (kh 04/04/2025)
Kathmandu’s
air pollution reaches hazardous levels (kh
03/04/2025)
Plastics
in our bodies: A growing concern in Nepal, by
Sabika Shrestha (ae 02/04/2025)
Air
Pollution: Kathmandu ranks second today (kh
02/04/2025)
The
smog choking Kathmandu- A crisis demanding urgent
action (rep 02/04/2025)
Raging
wildfires drive pollution surge in Kathmandu :
Kathmandu Valley ranked the world’s most polluted
city on Monday afternoon, with PM2.5 levels reaching
365 micrograms per cubic metre (μg/m3), by Arjun
Poudel (kp 01/04/2025), Kathmandu
once again tops list of world's most polluted cities
(rep 01/04/2025)
Kathmandu
chokes under thick haze as air quality plummets to '
Very Unhealthy' level, disrupting flights, by
Mausam Shah "Nepali" (ht 31/03/2025)
Kathmandu’s
air quality deteriorates to unhealthy levels (kh
28/03/2025)
Air
quality in seven cities including Kathmandu reaches
unhealthy levels (rep 27/03/2025)
Air
quality in Kathmandu reaches unhealthy level with
197 AQI (rep 20/03/2025)
Air
quality in Kathmandu and six other cities unhealthy
(rep 13/03/2025)
Kathmandu
ranks fifth among world's most polluted cities
(rep 11/03/2025)
Kathmandu
Metropolitan City to restrict polluting vehicles
from roads : Some vehicles failed metropolis’s
emission test on the same day they received a green
sticker from the Department of Transport Management
(kp 11/03/2025), Take
Measures to Curb Pollution in Kathmandu (rep
11/03/2025), Cleaning
up the air : The focus should be on judicious
implementation of policies to remove polluting
vehicles from the streets (kp 12/03/2025)
Kathmandu
ranked world’s third most polluted city with 197 AQI
(rep 10/03/2025)
US
Embassy in Kathmandu halts sharing of pollution data
(rep 10/03/2025) [Another
consequence of Trump's fake denial of climate change
and pollution?]
Air
pollution up in Kathmandu Valley due to lack of
adequate rainfall (rep 09/03/2025)
Air
pollution decreases in Kathmandu (rep
02/03/2025)
Toxic
air (ae 28/02/2025)
KMC
starts slapping fines on vehicles that failed
emission tests : The environment department of the
city office says nearly 80 percent of diesel
vehicles and 30 percent of petrol vehicles emitted
fumes beyond permissible levels (kp 20/02/2025)
Kathmandu
ranks world's fourth most air-polluted city, Dhaka
ranks first (rep 17/02/2025)
Air
pollution in Shankha Park worst (rep 16/02/2025)
Kathmandu
becomes the most polluted city in the world (kh
15/02/2025)
Over
50 percent of vehicles fail emission standards
(rep 14/02/2025)
Air
pollution in Kathmandu ranks second globally (kh
13/02/2025)) [The situation is
always the same at this time of year. What has the
government done to change this? Absolutely nothing!],
Wildfires
and brick firing season degrade Valley air quality :
Experts warn that a prolonged dry spell may
exacerbate forest fires and further worsen pollution
levels. Vulnerable and sensitive people at risk
(kp 14/02/2025)
58
percent of vehicles in Kathmandu fail smoke emission
standards (rep 04/02/2025)
Higher
air pollution in morning than in afternoon (rep
03/02/2025)
Pollution
on the rise in the country: Need of suitable
interventions urgently, by Jiba Raj Pokharel (ht
29/01/2025)
174
out of 292 vehicles fail pollution test (kh
24/01/2025), 74
percent of diesel vehicles and 20 percent of petrol
vehicles fail emission test : Kathmandu Metropolitan
City officials say vehicles over 20 years old were
found causing excessive pollution (kp
27/01/2025)
Over
Five Decades Of Concern On Air Pollution, by
Batu Uprety (sp 24/01/2025)
Dirty
and dangerous : Nepal perhaps needs a policy-level
overhaul to cut air pollution from vehicles (kp
21/01/2025)
Address
Duplicity in Emission Control : The initiative taken
by the KMC under the leadership of Mayor Balen to
control pollution highlights the recognition that
urgent actions are needed to tackle the worsening
air quality within Kathmandu Valley (rep
19/01/2025)
One-third
of diesel vehicles fail KMC’s emission tests : On
the first day of testing on Monday, drivers and
owners were warned, not fined, and instructed to
maintain and repair their vehicle engines (kp
14/01/2025)
Plastic
waste in river: An environmental concern, by
Deepshikha Pandey (ae 13/01/2025)
Nepal’s
health sector produces 4.1 percent of national
greenhouse gas emissions: Report. The practice of
burning medical waste at healthcare facilities is
widespread, and they often mix hazardous medical
waste with regular waste, study shows (kp
09/01/2025)
Kathmandu
ranks fifth among world’s most polluted cities today
(kp 06/01/2025)
Plastic
is entering our organs and damaging us, by
Aanand Mishra (rep 06/01/2025)
KMC
to start random emission tests from next week :
Besides four-wheelers, motorcycles and scooters will
also be tested. First-time offenders will face a
fine of up to Rs1,000, according to officials,
by Arjun Poudel (kp 21/12/2024)
Elephant
in the room : Before blaming other countries for
foul air, we in Nepal should look to clean up our
own act (kp 20/12/2024)
Valley’s
worsening pollution puts children at grave risk :
Doctors urge better mask use, warn against scooter
commutes to school as respiratory illnesses among
small children rises sharply (kp 18/12/2024)
KMC
to launch awareness drive on air pollution : The
city office has also started installing portable air
quality monitoring devices in various locations
(kp 12/12/2024)
Khurkot
Majhi community turns plastic waste into opportunity,
by Larisha Dhakal and Manisha Bhattarai, ae
12/12/2024)
Experts
urge multi-dimensional approach to tackle light
pollution (kh 11/12/2024)
Device
measuring air
pollution to
be installed
in 18 places
of KMC (rn
10/12/2024)
Kathmandu
ranked as 11th
most polluted
city (kh
28/11/2024), Enforce
New Vehicle
Standards
Without Delay
(rep
28/11/2024)
Road
fumes and
construction
dust driving
Nepal’s air
quality
decline :
Studies show
polluted air
is shortening
Nepali lives
by almost five
years, by
Arjun Poudel
(kp
28/11/2024)
Region
to worry : The
growing
problem of air
pollution
calls for
close
cooperation
between actors
at home and
near abroad
(kp
20/11/2024)
It
ends with us:
Plastic
pollution,
human actions
and its peril,
by Sapana
Sharma,
Heemani Mukhia
& Pratik
Bajracharya
(ae
18/11/2024)
Kathmandu
Valley’s air
quality drops
as stubble
burning starts
in India and
Nepal :
Officials call
for collective
efforts to
tackle air
pollution.
Meteorologists
say air
quality could
start
improving from
Friday if wind
conditions
change, by
Arjun Poudel
(kp
15/11/2024), Kathmandu’s
air quality
shows slight
improvement,
ranks eighth
most polluted
city in world
(rep
15/11/2024)
The
silent danger
of lead : One
in three urban
Nepali
children have
dangerously
high blood
lead levels,
by Chandra
Kishore (nt
08/11/2024)
Tackle
it now : The
problem of air
pollution is
too serious
and too urgent
to put off for
another day
(kp
25/10/2024)
Kathmandu
Metropolitan
City to crack
down on
polluting
vehicles :
Officials say
they will soon
start random
emission
testing on the
road in
coordination
with traffic
police and the
environment
department
(kp
23/10/2024)
Local
levels in
Banke and
Kailali ban
use of plastic
flowers
(rep
22/10/2024)
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)
Air
pollution and
public health:
From evidence
to action,
by Jhabindra
Bhandari (ht
23/09/2024)
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)
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