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Table data below is obtained with permission from His
Majesty's Government, What type of air is called
“polluted”? What is “PM10”? What are the types of air quality?
Where are the air quality
stations? Ministry of Environment and Population runs the stations under the assistance of Danish agency, Danida.
Valley air ' The air quality of Kathmandu valley from January 30 to February 05 was polluted with most of the monitoring stations recording “unhealthy” air pollution levels, according to the data recorded by the Ministry of Environment and Population. According to the data, the Putalisadak and Matsyagaon area remained the most and the least polluted sites in the Valley. Weekly air quality report : January 30 - February 05
The Putalisadak area recorded a weekly average (based on the daily averages) of 235.14 PM10. The area recorded “unhealthy” and “very unhealthy” air marks for six and one day of the period. The Matsyagaon area recorded “good” and “moderate” air marks for six and one day of the period with a weekly average of 46.42 PM10. Patan Hospital, Thamel, Bhaktapur and Tribhuvan University area (Kirtipur) were respectively the second, third, fourth most polluted sites in the Valley during the period recording weekly averages of 239.85, 182.14, 130.14 and 83.57 PM10 respectively. nepalnews.com pd Feb11 05 Valley air improves
What is PM10 ? The air quality of Kathmandu valley improved from January 9 to 15 as compared to the previous period with five of six monitoring stations recording a fall in pollution levels, according to the data recorded by the Ministry of Environment and Population. The weekly averages of
the air pollution levels (based on the daily averages) showed a decrease
the monitoring stations at Putalisadak, Kirtipur (Tribhuwan University
area) Bhaktapur, Patan Hospital and Thamel while weekly averages of the
air pollution levels at Matsyagaon showed an increase. Weekly air quality report : January 09 - January 15
( * The Kathmandu Valley Weekly Average data is compiled by Nepalnews. Other data obtained from the Ministry of Population and Environment). As usual, the Putalisadak area and the Matsyagaon area were the most and least polluted sites in the Valley during the period. The Putalisadak area recorded a weekly average (based on the daily averages) of 266.86 PM10, down from the previous week’s 311.29 PM10. The area recorded 'unhealthy' air marks for all days of the period. The Matsyagaon area recorded 'good' and 'moderate' air marks for two days and six days of the period respectively with a weekly average of 63.57 PM10. The Matsyagaon area had recorded 56.29 PM10 in the last period. The Patan Hospital, Thamel, Bhaktapur and Kirtipur area were respectively the second, third and fourth most polluted sites in the Valley during the period recording a weekly average of 263.43, 205.00, 104.43 and 100.14 PM10 respectively. Data
for two days of the Bhaktapur area was not available. Air quality marks improvement in Kathmandu
Valley
What is PM10 ? The air quality of
Kathmandu valley slightly improved from January
02-08 as compared to the previous period with all monitoring stations
recording a fall in pollution levels, according to the data recorded by
the Ministry of Environment and Population. The weekly averages of
the air pollution levels (based on the daily averages) showed an decrease
in all monitoring stations at Putalisadak, Matsyagaon, Kirtipur (Tribhuvan
University area) Bhaktapur , Patan Hospital and Thamel Weekly air quality report : January 02 - January 08
( * The Kathmandu Valley Weekly Average data is compiled by Nepalnews. Other data obtained from the Ministry of Population and Environment). As usual, the
Putalisadak area and the Matsyagaon area were the most and least polluted
sites in the Valley, during the period. The Putalisadak area recorded a
weekly average of 311.29 PM10, down from the previous week’s 316.57
PM10. The area recorded 'unhealthy' ,'very unhealthy' and 'hazardous' air marks for five days and
one day each during the period respectively. The Matsyagaon area
recorded 'good' and 'moderate' air marks for six days and one day of the
period respectively with a weekly average of 56.29 PM10. The Patan Hospital,
Thamel, Bhaktapur and Kirtipur area were respectively the second, third
and fourth most polluted sites in the Valley during the period recording a
weekly average of 286.86, 254.57, 158.17 and 118.29 PM10 respectively |
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