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)
Pollution
degrades
historical Palpa lake, by Madhav Aryal (kp
17/12/2014)
Biratnagar
residents
complain of contaminated water supply, by Abdhesh
Kumar Jha (kp 14/12/2014)
Losing
the
war: Toxic levels of arsenic in Nepal’s water supply
can lead to the rise of even ‘stronger’ superbugs,
by Brian Beard (kp 14/12/2014)
Pollution
in
Kanyam: Piles of trash becomes eyesore for visitors,
by Biplav Bhattarai (kp 11/12/2014)
Valley
air
worst during rush hour (kp 10/12/2014)
Effective
measures
to combat pollution stressed (ht 05/12/2014)
Govt
considers
installation of air quality monitoring stations, by
Pragati Shahi (kp 02/12/2014)
Toxic
paint:
The presence of significant levels of lead in paint
poses a serious danger to the health and well-being of
our children, by Ram Charitra Sah (kp 23/11/2014)
Bhaktapur
folk
want brick kilns removed (kp 20/11/2014)
Noise
levels
in Kathmandu exceed WHO guidelines (ht 02/11/2014)
Call
for
concerted efforts to reduce pollution (ht
18/10/2014)
TIA
noise
poses health risk to 100k locals: Doctors say noise
pollution causes hearing impairment, hypertension, heart
disease and birth defects, among other problems, by
Dipak Bayalkoti (kp 10/10/2014)
Jagadamba
installs
device to cut pollution, by Laxmi Shah (kp
07/10/2014)
Air
polluted
in mornings, evenings, by Manish Gautam (kp
01/10/2014)
Kaligandaki
cleaning
campaign (ht 16/09/2014)
Coliform
level
high in Pokhara drinking water, by Bharat Koirala
(ht 13/09/2014)
Water
samples
from rivers, lakes across Nepal tested: Presence of
coliform poses health risks: Report (ht
06/08/2014)
Capital’s
sewer
mgmt halfway done, by Nirmala Adhikari (kp
01/08/2014)
SC
moved
seeking to remove visual pollution (ht
24/07/2014), Apex
court
tells authorities to remove visual pollution pronto:
Says immediate action needed to keep city clean
(ht 31/07/2014)
Coliform
confirmed
in water inremote districts of far-west (ht
11/06/2014)
The
Himalayas:
Upstream but downwind, by Arnico Panday (ht
06/06/2014), Every
breath
we take, by Arnico Panday (nt 06/06/2014)
Report:
30%
of water in Valley contaminated, by Arjun Poudel
(rep 29/05/2014)
Clouds
of
dust from road construction choke Valley residents
(kp 20/05/2014)
Clean
and
green water resources: Bank on engineering approach,
by Pragyan Bhattarai (ht 02/05/2014)
Clean
Bagmati
Campaign: Concerted effort paying off, by Samik
Kharel (kp 27/04/2014), Bagmati
cleanup
initiative marks 50 weeks: President, Constituent
Assembly Chair join hands in a bid to remove
pollutants from the river (ht 27/04/2014)
Brick
industries
to promote cleaner technologies (kp 27/04/2014)
Millions
of
pollution tax fail to serve purpose (kp
23/04/2014)
Project
aims
to run brick kilns on biofuel (ht 21/04/2014)
Dead
water:
Efforts to clean up the rivers should not be limited
to the Bagmati and media events, by Pragyan
Bhattarai (kp 20/04/2014), Cleaning
the
Bagmati: More needs to be done, by Giri Bahadur
Sunar (ht 22/04/2014)
Dhobhikhola
cleaning
campaign begins (nn 20/04/2014)
Campaigners
bathe
in ‘clean’ Bagmati (kp 15/04/2014), Holy
dips
in Bagmati River: Chief Secretary, other campaigners
take a leap of faith (ht 15/04/2014), Changing
waters:
Construction of wastewater treatment facilities will
help cleanse the Bagmati (kp 16/04/2014)
Is
A
Pollution-free City Possible?, by Shyam K.C. (rn
07/04/2014)
Valley
on
the verge of choking with air pollution: Experts warn
capital could turn into a city of chronic obstructive
pulmonary, cardiac diseases, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht
02/04/2014), Foul
air (ht 03/04/2014)
Arsenic-affected
drinking
water hampers settlement, by Bechu Gaud (kp
27/03/2014)
A
scandal: Air pollution in Nepal (rep 27/03/2014)
Hetauda
cement
factory emitting toxic dust, say locals (ht
27/03/2014)
Restoring
The
Pristine Purity Of Bagmati, by Safal Sharma (rn
15/03/2014)
SC
asks
authorities to submit progress on Bagmati clean-up
(rep 04/03/2014)
Bagmati
sewage
treatment plant to get 24-hour power, by Pratibha
Rawal (rep 04/03/2014)
The
sewage
canal: The Valley’s once holy waters are finally being
cleaned up, by Sunir Pandey (nt 28/02/2014)
Cleaning
the
muck: The journey of cleaning Bagmati has begun; We
will reach the destination one day soon, by Suraj
Narayan Singh Thapa (rep 24/02/2014)
Dhobikhola
clean-up
campaign begins (rep 23/02/2014)
Analyze
that!
The state needs to carefully examine the causes behind
past failures of Bagmati cleaning projects, by
Prayas Raj Koirala (rep 18/02/2014)
Kantipur
joins
Clean Bagmati Campaign (kp 16/02/2014)
Campaign
aims
to clean Dhobikhola (ht 16/02/2014)
Japanese
assistance
for Bagmati cleanup: The grant will be used to build a
wastewater treatment plant, train local people (kp
08/02/2014)
Initiative
to
reduce air pollution (ht 29/01/2014)
Pesticide
traces
found in veggies grown in Valley (ht 21/01/2014)
Campaign
to
clean Trisuli begins, by Binod Tripati and Sudip
Kaini (kp 20/01/2014)
Campaigners
vow
to restore lost glory of Bagmati River (ht
19/01/2014), PADT
behind
Bagmati pollution: KMC: Accuses it of not cooperating
with river cleaning campaign (ht 23/01/2014), Power
cut
throws cold water on Bagmati clean-up plan, by
Pratibha Rawal (rep 26/01/2014), Clean
Bagmati
still a pipedream (ht 02/02/2014), Doomed
to
fail: When a thing is everyone's responsibility and
accountability rests on a hundred different shoulders,
you can forget about the results, by Hitesh Karki
(rep 08/02/2014)
Valley’s
air
quality degrading (kp 09/01/2014), Urbanisation
affecting
public health: Experts ring alarm bells as air pollution
gets worse in Kathmandu Valley (ht 09/01/2014)
Pollution
threatening
Pokhara (ht 07/01/2014)
Bagmati
clean-up
to remember Baidya (kp 04/01/2014), Clean
Bagmati
drive in full swing (kp 05/01/2014)
Government
to
ban vehicles more than 20 years old (ht 29/12/2013)
Lead
levels
in paints to be regulated (ht 29/12/2013)
Nepal's
greenhouse
emissions negligible: Experts say it highlights lack of
development, by Om Astha Rai (rep 27/12/2013)
Poison
fishing
puts river ecosystem under threat, by Anil Bhandari
(rep 21/12/2013)
DoE
seals
polluting industries (kp 17/12/2013)
UN
emission
reduction mechanism ties officials in knots: REDD-plus
is a carbon emission reduction scheme for countries like
Nepal to get climate finance from developed countries
(kp 13/12/2013)
Norway,
ICIMOD
sign ambitious deal to combat air pollution (ht
12/12/2013)
Govt
moves
to reduce use of pesticide (ht 12/12/2013)
Air
pollution
giving Capital denizens a cough (ht 06/12/2013)
Alert
sounded
on pesticide sale, use (ht 04/12/2013)
Money
grows
on trees: Carbon trade can provide third world countries
with financial incentives to pursue clean energy and
development, by Rajesh Sigdel (kp 28/11/2013)
Handle
asbestos
carefully: NGO (ht 27/11/2013)
Nepal
urged
to ratify mercury convention (ht 09/11/2013)
Clean
Bishnumati
campaigners getting increasingly frustrated, by
Pratibha Rawal (rep 20/10/2013)
WHO
paints
deadly picture of exposure to lead: Urges countries to
save people from poisoning; Says children the most
vulnerable lot (ht 19/10/2013), Govt
‘working’
to set lead level in paints (kp 21/10/2013), Lead
level
in paints past global limit: Study; Industry secretary
for setting up high-tech labs and committees for
monitoring (kp 23/10/2013), Report
on
paints presents an alarming picture: Shows
life-threatening lead levels in leading brands; Exposed
children face higher risks (ht 23/10/2013)
Nepal
signs
UN mercury convention (kp 11/10/2013)
Pollution
causing
companies sealed (ht 07/10/2013)
Illegal
asphalt
plant giving tough time to locals. Their complaints made
six months ago go in vain as authorities fail to take
action to remove it (ht 04/10/2013)
Bishnumati
cleaning
drive kicking off from Saturday (kp 25/09/2013)
Indoor
air
pollution taking its toll on women, kids, by Mina
Marasini (kp 24/09/2013)
Rain
Keeping
Pollution Under Check: Condition likely to get worse in
winter, by Anjali Subedi (rep 11/09/2013)
Diesel
generator
sets playing havoc with Valley air: Study, by
Pragati Shahi (kp 03/09/2013)
Nepal
likely
to sign UN mercury convention (kp 23/08/2013)
Death
by
negligence: Pollution, by James Donovan (rep
11/08/2013)
Over
1,000
join hands to clean Bagmati River (ht 04/08/2013)
(No)
horn
please! A maddening love for horns and lack of respect
for others are turning Kathmandu into one of the
noisiest cities in the world, by Tsering Dolker
Gurung (nt 26/07/2013)
Govt
to
put ‘polluter pays’ principle into effect, by
Pragati Shahi (kp 21/07/2013)
Toys
sold
in market highly toxic: Study (kp 19/07/2013), Giving
kids
plaything not a good idea to toy with! 54 per cent of
such items contain harmful elements: Study (ht
19/07/2013)
Drive
against
noise pollution in full swing Campaign launched on July
2 has found 993 vehicles on the wrong side of the law
(ht 17/07/2013)
Slow
poison:
Vehicular emission, by Prayas Raj Koirala (rep
09/07/2013)
Happy
water:
Cleaning Bagmati, by Giri bahadur Sunar (rep
08/07/2013)
The
road
to hell: Rampant road expansion without environmental
impact assessment shows how dangerously public health is
ignored, by Navin Singh Khadka (kp 07/06/2013)
Rituals
doing
little to protect the environment, by Bishnu Prasad
Aryal (ht 02/06/2013)
"New
Emission
Standards In Offing", interview with Keshab Prasad
Bhattarai (sp 31/05/2013)
Beleaguered
people (ht 17/05/2013)
Suffocate
city:
The government must immediately start measuring
pollution levels in Kathmandu (kp 14/05/2013)
Clamour
for
less-polluting brick kilns (ht 12/04/2013)
Bid
to
check air pollution level hits snag, by Pragati
Shahi (kp 10/05/2013)
More
pollution
in city air as people battling breathing problems
(kp 06/05/2013)
Congested
Kathmandu, by Cilla Khatry (rep 05/04/2013)
Implications
of
air pollution Economic and health costs, by Ashok
Shumshere J.B. Rana (ht 18/03/2013)
Buddha’s
birdplace
Lumbini threatened by hazardous emissions of local
industries, study reveals (nn 20/02/2013)
Dreams
of
Bagmati: Instead of staging surrealistic plays, we
should start physical actions, mobilise human power.
Youths should start such actions, by Abhi Subedi (kp
17/02/2013)
hrouded
in
smog: Kathmandu denizens do not seem to be aware of the
threat from particulate pollutants suspended in the air
around them, by Pragati Shahi (kp 08/01/2013)
Bagmati
clean-up
campaign begins (kp 01/02/2013)
Air
pollutants
threatening public health: Study Reducing particulate
matter could save Rs 30 million in medical costs (ht
31/01/2013)
Holiest
and
dirtiest: Janakpur, by Sukhdev Shah (rep 29/01/2013)
Elite
panel
to scour out Bagmati pollutants (kp 28/01/2013)
Sick
city:
Air pollution is making Nepalis sick and undermining the
national economy, by Anna-Karin Ernstson Lampou (nt
18/01/2013)
Air,
sound
pollution checks still not in place (ht 20/12/2012)
The
silent
killer (ht 12/12/2012)
Euro
III
standard implemented for imports (kp 19/10/2012)
Unaddressed
concerns:
Bagmati's woes, by Hemant Arjyal (rep 13/10/2012)
Govt
plan
to make noisy Kathmandu more livable (kp 12/10/2012)
SC
orders
govt to implement Euro III (kp 26/09/2012)
Air
pollution
still a major bugbear, by Pragati Shahi (kp
11/09/2012), Make
city
air breathable, by Prashanta Khanal (kp 11/09/2012),
Toxic
air:
Serious effort to reduce air pollution will go a long
way in improving public health (kp 17/09/2012)
Vehicle
Pollution
Standard enforced to enhance environmental cleanliness
(nn 29/08/2012)
Valley
water
infected with coliform, by Laxmi Maharjan (ht
07/08/2012)
Experts’
pill
to cut down Kathmandu air pollution (kp 31/07/2012),
A
cleaner, greener Nepal, by Manjeet Dhakal (rep
31/07/2012)
KMC
all
set to cleanup Bishnumati banks (ht 22/07/2012)
More
than
600,000 households get pollution free stoves (rep
17/07/2012)
Waiting
to
exhale: The Vehicle Emission Testing programme needs to
be overhauled to tackle air pollution, by Krity
Shrestha (kp 01/07/2012)
FNCSI
promotes
environment friendly brick kilns (rep 28/06/2012)
Sound
pollution
too high, are authorities listening? (ht 24/06/2012)
Bathing
in
dust roadside dwellers’ routine hassle, by Pragati
Shahi (kp 04/05/2012)
Soaring
air
pollution needs immediate solution, by Vijay Dev
Bhatta (kp 16/04/2012)
From
heaven
to hell, by Anil Bhattarai (kp 18/03/2012)
Banke
drinkingwater
‘contaminated’ (kp 08/02/2012)
Air
quality
index: Nepal ranks 3rd worst performer, by Pragati
Shahi (kp 01/02/2012), The
air
up there: Air quality in urban areas is worrisome
(kp 01/02/2012)
Indian
industry
pollution blankets Terai in fog, by Shyam Bhatta
(rep 06/01/2012)
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