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Kathmandu continues to breathe low quality air, PM 2.5 reading docks at 144.56 μg/m³

KATHMANDU, Jan 21: The air pollution level in the country’s capital city was measured slightly low on Tuesday.
By Republica

KATHMANDU, Jan 21: The air pollution level in the country’s capital city was measured slightly low on Tuesday. The air quality (PM2.5 reading) of Kathmandu was measured at 144.56 μg/m³ between 11 am to 12 in the noon, which, is hugely worse compared to the healthy air standard of PM 2.5 reading of 25 μg/m³ prescribed by the World Health Organization (WHO). 


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According to the data collected from various pollution monitoring stations installed at various places in the Kathmandu Valley, PM2.5 pollutants were recorded at the lowest at 95.72 μg/m³.

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