KATHMANDU, MARCH 24
Haze engulfs Kathmandu valley as the air pollution increases to unhealthy levels, on Wednesday.
According to the Department of Environment, the Air Quality Index (AQI) for Ratnapark in last 24 hours is 155 while that in the present hour is 119. The same for Bhaktapur is 190 in the last 24 hours and 151 at present. Likewise, the AQI measurement at Lalitpur's Bhaisipati station stands at 190 in the last 24 hours and 177 in the present hour.
These AQI figures fall under the Unhealthy and Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups categories.
Photo by photojournalist Skanda Gautam for The Himalayan Times
