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Anil Chitrakar
BIZ BRIEFS
NEPAL WHEREVER YOU ARE. .com
Sonam Choekyi Lama
SMOKE SCREEN
Visit the Department of Transportation Management at Ekanta Kuna to see how vehicular emissions are tested. Listen to a driver explain how he bribed staff to get a Green Sticker without having to pass the test. nepalitimes.com
50
Pallavi Pant and Anobha Gurung Building construction
53
125 122
51 35
0
Fewer outdoor activities
138 129
Depression
50
DiďŹƒculty breathing
100
140 Skin problems
150 Eye throat irritation
(Multiple choice, out of 212 responses)
184
47 26 Moving to dierent neighbourhood
98
200
Asthma
Household cooking
What are the main sources of pollution in your neighbourhood?
Worrying about family
54 Cutting trees
59 Industry
Brick kiln
Waste burning
Road construction
157
Diesel generators
0 Wind-blown dust
100
185 182
Population growth
150 Motor vehicles
200
In what ways has air pollution affected you?
(Multiple choice, out of 212 responses)
126
76
31 MAY - 6 JUN
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LIGHTROOM CONVERSATION Muna Gurung
TAULUNG'S TAMANG POET
Besides writing poetry, Bina Theeng Tamang is also a teacher, mother, daughter-in-law, counselor, social worker and entrepreneur. In this month's Lightroom Conversation multimedia, we capture the other sides of the writer as she recites a poem close to her heart. nepalitimes.com
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Damien Francois
66 YEARS
29 MAY 1953
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The Ass