Cross-border pollution, forest fires causing the haze

Vehicular emissions, wildfires, and cross-border pollution are some of the reasons for Kathmandu’s air pollution, causing the sky above the valley to remain misty since Monday. The “World Air Quality Report, 2021” published by the European Air Quality Index AQI last week also showed Kathmandu as the sixth most polluted capital in the world in 2021. Kathmandu’s geographical location, where large amounts of dust, vehicular fumes and other smoke sources can gather and stay within the city, can often accumulate over long periods due to lack of strong winds and rainfall, a process that can cause a hazardous level of pollution in the valley, said Indira Kandel, a senior meteorologist at the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology.

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Fire tolls expanding across country

Over 50 flights from Pokhara International Airport were disrupted on Monday and Tuesday due to a dense haze from the forest fires engulfing the surroundings of the airport.

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Hazardous haze blankets Kathmandu Valley

Air pollution in Kathmandu Valley and across the country has increased further in recent days thanks to scores of forest fires. According to the National Disaster Risk Reduction

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Still some days more for weather to improve

Thick haze is seen in the Kathmandu Valley as the pollutants' particles have accumulated in the atmosphere due to the forest fires in most of the districts of the country in recent days.

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Everything you need to know about Kathmandu’s haze and its causes

Forest fires in Nepal have turned central Nepal’s sky into a hazy din as a yellow tone is constant as if it were an Instagram filter. In the past month alone, there have been over 500 forest fires in nearly 60 districts across the country. From the lower plains of Mahottari to the high hills of Manang, forests in Nepal have been burning constantly since late November as 73 out of 77 districts have seen forest fires.

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Kathmandu Valley continues to witness thick haze and smoke (with photos)

KATHMANDU, March 27: The Kathmandu Valley has continued to witness thick haze and smoke as pollutant particles have accumulated in the atmosphere due to forest fires in most of the districts of the country in recent days.

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Kathmandu to take few more days to see improvement in weather

KATHMANDU, March 27: Thick haze is witnessed in the Kathmandu Valley as the pollutants' particles have accumulated in the atmosphere due to the forest fires in most of the districts of the country in recent days.

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