The sky over the Kathmandu Valley on Friday was covered with hefty residue particles blended in with smoke from the fire in the Langtang National Park, prompting helpless perceivability and upsetting flying assistance to and from the Tribhuvan International Airport for two hours. Earthy people and meteorologists said the smoke exuded from the Lantang National Park was brought to the valley by western wind."Air Quality Index (AQI) in the valley has surpassed the danger level today," Indu Bikram Joshi, representative and agent chief general at the Department of Environment, said. AQI Measurement Center under the Department of Environment has likewise shown that the air quality has surpassed the danger level in the first part of the day and evening on Friday.
Air with AQI of up to 50 is viewed as healthy. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines, AQI ought to be under 35. AQI of 51 to 100 is viewed as ordinary. AQI over 201 is unfortunate or more 301 is fatal. "Simultaneous fire occurrences in a few backwoods of the country and delayed dry season have expanded the contamination in the climate," fire master Sundar Prasad Sharma at the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority under the Ministry of Home Affairs, said. "Air contamination level has expanded altogether the regions around Kathmandu because of fire in a few woodlands and the westerly breezes," Sharma said. "The smoke from the fire in Lantang National Park appears to have reached similarly as Kathmandu," Sharma said.
Senior meteorologist at the Meteorological Forecasting Division under the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology Meen Kumar Aryal said that perceivability diminished because of substantial exhaust cloud collected in the sky of the Kathmandu Valley."Pollution level won't diminish until it downpours in the valley," he said. According to Sharma, 437 spots of 54 locale are as yet seeing woods fires as of Friday.
