{"id":1844,"date":"2024-05-12T17:26:10","date_gmt":"2024-05-12T11:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/?p=1844"},"modified":"2024-05-12T17:26:10","modified_gmt":"2024-05-12T11:41:10","slug":"kathmandu-valleys-pollution-decreases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/kathmandu-valleys-pollution-decreases\/","title":{"rendered":"Kathmandu Valley&#8217;s pollution decreases"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>Kathmandu, May 12: Air pollution in the Kathmandu Valley has decreased with the occurrence of rainfall.<br \/>\nOn May 2, the federal capital was listed the world&#8217;s most polluted city with an Air Quality Index of 162. Today, it suggests a rapid drop in the pollution level to be ranked at 50th position. According to the Air Quality Index (AQI) data, the Kathmandu Valley&#8217;s AQI has been measured at 56.<\/p>\n<p>The containment of wildfires with the rainfall for the past few days has played a significant role in the improvement of the air quality. Air pollutants have been minimized with the favorable situation, said wildfire expert Sundar Sharma.<\/p>\n<p>An AQI of 0-50 is considered good for public health and it is indicated by a green signal while AQI of 51-100 is moderate and marked by yellow, but it still warns us to be careful.<\/p>\n<p>It is unhealthy specifically for sensitive groups such as those who have respiratory and cardiac issues if the AQI reaches 101-150 and is highlighted by orange.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, an AQI of 151-200 is indicated by red to suggest that it is unhealthy for all, 201-300 is highlighted by purple and it is very unhealthy. An AQi of 301-400 is hazardous and that of 401-500 is highly hazardous to health and is denoted by maroon, according to disaster management expert Dr Dharmaraj Uprety.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kathmandu, May 12: Air pollution in the Kathmandu Valley has decreased with the occurrence of rainfall. On May 2, the federal capital was listed the world&#8217;s most polluted city with an Air Quality Index of 162. Today, it suggests a rapid drop in the pollution level to be ranked at 50th position. According to the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1451,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-main-news","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1844"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1844"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1844\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1846,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1844\/revisions\/1846"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}