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) |