{"id":438379,"date":"2026-11-05T14:39:08","date_gmt":"2026-11-05T08:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/?p=438379"},"modified":"2026-11-05T14:42:47","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T08:57:47","slug":"kmc-urges-public-to-take-measures-to-curb-air-pollution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/2026\/11\/05\/438379.html","title":{"rendered":"KMC urges public to take measures to curb air pollution"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Kathmandu: <\/strong>Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) has urged residents not to burn plastic waste, warning that the practice could further worsen air pollution as winter approaches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sarita Rai, Head of the KMC Environment Department, said major sources of air pollution in the Valley include vehicle emissions, dust from roads and construction sites, industrial smoke and the burning of plastic waste.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She stressed the need for public awareness and collective efforts to control pollution, noting that poor air quality poses serious health risks, particularly to children, senior citizens and people suffering from asthma and other chronic illnesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The department has urged vehicle owners to ensure regular maintenance of their vehicles and keep emissions within prescribed limits. It has also called on construction companies and individuals to avoid leaving construction materials on roads and footpaths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Similarly, industries, factories and hospitals have been asked to comply with the air quality and smoke emission standards prescribed under the KMC Pollution Control Standard, 2081 BS, and use appropriate equipment to minimise air pollution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sarita Rai, Head of the KMC Environment Department, said major sources of air pollution in the Valley include vehicle emissions, dust from roads and construction sites, industrial smoke and the burning of plastic waste.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":340912,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4,76,5],"tags":[],"reporter":[],"class_list":["post-438379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english","category-en-news","category-society","category-top-stories"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=438379"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438379\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":438380,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438379\/revisions\/438380"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/340912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=438379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=438379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=438379"},{"taxonomy":"reporter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reporter?post=438379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}