{"id":13719,"date":"2024-05-14T15:55:35","date_gmt":"2024-05-14T10:10:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bagmatitimes.com\/bt\/?p=13719"},"modified":"2024-05-14T15:55:38","modified_gmt":"2024-05-14T10:10:38","slug":"ktm-valleys-air-quality-sees-drastic-improvement-following-rainfall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bagmatitimes.com\/bt\/ktm-valleys-air-quality-sees-drastic-improvement-following-rainfall\/","title":{"rendered":"KTM valley&#8217;s air quality sees drastic improvement following rainfall"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Following recent rainfall in the Kathmandu Valley, the region has experienced a significant improvement in air quality, marking a stark contrast to its earlier designation as the world\u2019s most polluted city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> As of today, the Air Quality Index (AQI) data indicates a remarkable drop from a high of 162 to a current measurement of 56, positioning Kathmandu at the 50th spot globally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The positive shift in air quality is attributed to the effective containment of wildfires, facilitated by the recent precipitation. According to wildfire expert Sundar Sharma, the rainfall has played a crucial role in minimizing air pollutants, thereby enhancing the overall atmospheric conditions in the valley.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following recent rainfall in the Kathmandu Valley, the region has experienced a significant improvement in air quality, marking a stark contrast to its earlier designation as the world\u2019s most polluted city. As of today, the Air Quality Index (AQI) data indicates a remarkable drop from a high of 162 to a current measurement of 56, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":13720,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[439],"tags":[],"table_tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bagmatitimes.com\/bt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13719"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bagmatitimes.com\/bt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bagmatitimes.com\/bt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bagmatitimes.com\/bt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bagmatitimes.com\/bt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13719"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bagmatitimes.com\/bt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13719\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13721,"href":"https:\/\/bagmatitimes.com\/bt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13719\/revisions\/13721"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bagmatitimes.com\/bt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bagmatitimes.com\/bt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bagmatitimes.com\/bt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bagmatitimes.com\/bt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13719"},{"taxonomy":"table_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bagmatitimes.com\/bt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/table_tags?post=13719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}