February 28, 2021 18:31 pm
KATHMANDU, Feb 28: The quality of air in the Kathmandu Valley on Sunday was measured between PM 2.5 reading of 79.83 μg/m³ and 145 μg/m³.
February 27, 2021 14:18 pm
KATHMANDU, Feb 27: The Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) and Kathmandu University (KU) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for maintaining Kathmandu city's cleanliness and sanitation.
February 25, 2021 18:55 pm
KATHMANDU, Feb 25: The Kathmandu Valley where Nepal's capital city lies reported further deterioration in the air quality on Thursday.
February 24, 2021 19:45 pm
Check Wednesday’s hourly air quality in Kathmandu
February 22, 2021 19:26 pm
KATHMANDU, Feb 22: The Kathmandu Valley, where Nepal’s federal capital is situated, reported continued deterioration of the air quality in the last few days.
February 21, 2021 18:49 pm
KATHMANDU, Feb 21: The Kathmandu Valley on Sunday reported deterioration in the air quality index (AQI) as the fine particulate matters (Pm 2.5) reading docked at 128.61 μg/m³ in the morning between 9 and 10.
February 19, 2021 19:45 pm
KATHMANDU, Feb 19: The air quality index (AQI) of the Kathmandu Valley where lies Nepal’s federal capital city, reported a slight improvement on Friday as the highest fine particulate matters (Pm 2.5) index was recorded at 77.15 μg/m³ in the evening between 6 and 7.
February 15, 2021 19:41 pm
KATHMANDU, Feb 15: The air pollution level in the country’s capital city has been deteriorating for the last few days.
February 14, 2021 19:25 pm
KATHMANDU, Feb 14: The Kathmandu Valley, where Nepal’s federal capital is situated, reported continued deterioration of the air quality in the last few days.
February 13, 2021 08:30 am
KATHMANDU, Feb 11: The Kathmandu Valley, where Nepal’s federal capital city lies, reported the continued deterioration of the air quality in the last few days.
February 12, 2021 06:30 am
KATHMANDU, Feb 11: The Kathmandu Valley, where Nepal’s federal capital city lies, reported the highest PM 2.5 reading of 203.67 micrograms per cubic meter (μg/m³) on Monday in the morning between 8 and9.
February 9, 2021 19:21 pm
KATHMANDU, Feb 9: The Kathmandu Valley, on Tuesday, reported a deterioration in the air quality index (AQI).
February 8, 2021 19:30 pm
KATHMANDU, Feb 8: The Kathmandu Valley, where Nepal’s federal capital city lies, reported the highest PM 2.5 reading of 144.5 micrograms per cubic meter (μg/m³) on Monday in the morning between 7 and 8.
February 7, 2021 19:45 pm
KATHMANDU, Feb 7: The Kathmandu Valley witnessed slight improvement in the air quality index (AQI) on Sunday influenced by the first spell of rainfall of this winter that occurred on Saturday.
February 6, 2021 19:54 pm
KATHMANDU, Feb 6: Air quality index (AQI) of the country’s capital city, Kathmandu, further worsened on Saturday despite the fact that most businesses remained shut and the city received the first rain of winter this year. The highest AQI on Saturday was measured at 191.72 μg/m³.
February 4, 2021 19:45 pm
KATHMANDU, Feb 4: The Kathmandu Valley on Thursday reported improvement in the air quality index (AQI) owing to the general strike enforced by the Dahal-Nepal faction of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP).
February 2, 2021 19:35 pm
KATHMANDU, Feb 2: The Kathmandu Valley reported a slight improvement in the quality of air on Tuesday afternoon between 3 and 4. The fine particulate matter (Pm 2.5) reading docked at 47.58 μg/m³, according to the data collected from 17 pollution monitoring stations installed at various parts in the country’s capital city.
February 1, 2021 19:49 pm
KATHMANDU, Feb 1: Air quality in Kathmandu, the country’s capital city, has continued to deteriorate on Monday as well. The highest fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) reading was measured at 182.17 micrograms per cubic meter (μg/m³) in the morning between 8 and 9.
January 30, 2021 19:35 pm
KATHMANDU, Jan 30: The air quality of the Kathmandu Valley deteriorated even on Saturday as the highest fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) reading was measured at 194.69 micrograms per cubic meter (μg/m³) in the morning between 8 and 9.
January 29, 2021 19:40 pm
AQI measured nearly 200 μg/m³ in the capital city on Friday
January 28, 2021 19:35 pm
KATHMANDU, Jan 28: The country’s capital city, Kathmandu, has reported further deterioration in the quality of air as the highest PM 2.5 reading was measured at 196.78 μg/m³ on Thursday between 9 AM and 10 AM, the time when most offices and business activities commence.
January 26, 2021 19:15 pm
KATHMANDU, Jan 21: The air pollution level in the country’s capital city was measured slightly low on Tuesday.
January 25, 2021 19:35 pm
KATHMANDU, Jan 25: The Kathmandu Valley witnessed continued deterioration of the quality of air on Monday as well.
January 24, 2021 19:17 pm
KATHMANDU, Jan 24: Air quality in Kathmandu continued to deteriorate on Sunday as well.
January 22, 2021 19:15 pm
PM 2.5 reading between 75 and 168 recorded on Friday
January 21, 2021 19:30 pm
KATHMANDU, Jan 21: The quality of air in the Kathmandu Valley has deteriorated in the evening. The country’s capital city, on Thursday, recorded the highest PM 2.5 reading of 200.87 µg/m3 between 5 PM and 6 PM.
January 19, 2021 19:01 pm
KATHMANDU, Jan 19: Though the air pollution level on Tuesday dropped to 68 µg/m3 early in the morning between 4 and 5, the dust particles began filling the air in Kathmandu, the federal capital city of the country, from 9AM as people started their normal activities. The highest PM 2.5 reading was measured in the country’s most populated city at 198 µg/m3.
January 18, 2021 19:03 pm
KATHMANDU, Jan 18: Air pollution level in the Kathmandu Valley deteriorated on Monday as compared to the previous day.
January 17, 2021 19:20 pm
KATHMANDU, Jan 17: The Kathmandu Valley where the country’s federal capital is located, has witnessed a slight improvement in the quality of air as the highest PM 2.5 reading of 145.72µg/m3 (between 9AM and 10AM) was recorded on Sunday compared to the 226.11 µg/m3 measured between 9 AM and 10 AM on Saturday.
January 16, 2021 19:20 pm
KATHMANDU, Jan 16: Air quality in the Kathmandu Valley reported a PM2.5 reading of 151.36 µg/m3 on average on Saturday.
January 15, 2021 19:15 pm
KATHMANDU, Jan 15: The air quality in the Kathmandu Valley has deteriorated in the morning hours between 10 and 11 with a PM2.5 reading of 218.58 μg/m³.
January 14, 2021 19:15 pm
KATHMANDU, Jan 14: Nepal’s capital city, Kathmandu on Thursday recorded a PM2.5 reading of 242 μg/m³. The data was recorded in the morning between 7 and 8.
January 13, 2021 18:00 pm
Valley Pollution Index for Jan 13, 2021
January 12, 2021 19:05 pm
Valley Pollution Index for Jan 12, 2021
January 8, 2021 06:30 am
The PM2.5 level in the Valley has been between 75 and 150 μg/m3, which is considered unhealthy
December 18, 2020 14:16 pm
KATHMANDU, Dec 18: Urmila Thapa had stopped using plastic bags around three years ago. She had developed a habit of carrying cotton bags to grocery shops, cosmetic outlets or garment stores. She would even make an extra effort to hand over plastic waste separately to garbage collectors. A local of Chandragiri Municipality – 14, Kathmandu, she wanted to make sure that she played a role in curbing environmental hazards. However, it's been some time she is no more that concerned.
December 11, 2020 17:30 pm
KATHMANDU, 11: The Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) is working to make bricks out of the dust collected from the city.
September 21, 2020 17:07 pm
LONDON, Sept 21: Prone to frequent flying, a passion for SUVs and big spending, the richest 1% of the world’s population produced twice as many planet-heating emissions as the poorest half of humanity over the last quarter-century, researchers said on Monday.
May 3, 2020 08:20 am
KATHMANDU, May 3: As many as 600 people die every year due to the pollution arising from the brick kilns in Nepal and the associated Disability Adjusted life years (DALYs) are roughly 4,800, a study shows.
March 21, 2020 10:18 am
Valley Pollution Index for March 20, 2020
March 20, 2020 13:03 pm
Valley Pollution Index for March 19, 2020
March 8, 2020 11:10 am
Valley Pollution Index for March 7, 2020
March 7, 2020 10:41 am
Valley Pollution Index for March 6, 2020
March 6, 2020 10:00 am
We were expecting two million tourists to visit Nepal this year but it looks like we might not reach the target due to the outbreak of coronavirus in China and various other countries. Even before the Visit Nepal Year 2020 campaign was officially launched, tourism entrepreneurs had serious doubts about attracting two million tourists due to inadequate tourism infrastructure in our country.
March 6, 2020 09:55 am
Valley Pollution Index for March 5, 2020
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Valley Pollution Index for March 4, 2020
March 4, 2020 08:24 am
Valley Pollution Index for March 3, 2020
March 2, 2020 12:45 pm
Valley Pollution Index for March 1, 2020
March 1, 2020 11:43 am
Valley Pollution Index for February 29, 2020
February 28, 2020 10:35 am
Valley Pollution Index for February 27, 2020