Minister for Education, Science and Technology Devendra Poudel said that emphasis should be laid on the use of electric vehicles to reduce air pollution.
The UN health agency says nearly everybody in the world breathes air that doesn’t meet its standards for air quality, calling for more action to reduce fossil-fuel use.
The amount of air pollutants present in the valley’s air is often multiple times higher than what the World Health Organization (WHO) categorizes as healthy.
According to a new study led by Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) researchers, children living in areas with higher air pollution and lower level of green space might have up to 62 per cent increased risk of developing ADHD.