Pollution levels are spiking in Nepal's capital Kathmandu, leaving its residents with air quality worse than any other city in the world. https://p.dw.com/p/4spXk No ...

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These are not just violations of law, they are signs of behavioural decline. Raising public awareness to change such behaviour is more urgent than ever,” she said ...

But the forest fires and a stagnant atmosphere has added on to the existing pollution," ICIMOD air pollution analyst Sagar Adhikari told AFP. Adhikari said some rain is expected in the next few ...

Besides multiple street demonstrations that gridlocked Kathmandu’s traffic for the past weeks, public discourse in Nepal has also been dominated by dangerously high air pollution levels. Caused mostly ...

The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority attributed the spike in pollution to forest fires, road construction, and industrial activities. It has called on citizens ...

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