Nepal is Polluted

This is Nepal

This is also Nepal!

Nepal has beautiful scenes of valleys, snow-capped mountains, lush green forests, holy temples, elegant huts, and wonderful smiles of Nepalese. Nepal also has disgusting scenes of pollution particularly in city areas. Dust and smoke in the winds, paper and plastic littering everywhere, over flown garbage containers, and spittle makes up the most of the city experience in Nepal.

Nepal Pollution Facts

As vehicle emission is the main source of pollution, its level are highest during peak traffic hours and at place where traffic density is highest. The major hotspots for air pollution in Kathmandu are Sundhara, Singha Durbar, Kalimati, Ranipokhari, Lainchaur, Indra Chowk, Royal Palace, Bir Hospital, Thamel, Asan, Ratna Park and Putalisadak, according to a study in 1999 conducted by Nepal Environment and Scientific Study (NESS).
Recently, when a Tourism agency conducted a survey among returning tourists and asked them to name one thing that had disturbed them most during their stay in Nepal, most of them invariably pointed to the air pollution in Kathmandu valley.
Most cities in Nepal have air, water and noise pollution
Vehicle emission is a major source of air pollution in cities like Kathmandu

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