The electric vehicle tax

The government has taken all the wrong steps in trying to curb air pollution.

On January 4, Kathmandu’s air quality sank to its worst level, hitting 500 on the Air Quality Index . Much of this pollution had to do with the open fires that had gone unchecked for more than a month . But even before that in 2018, Kathmandu was ranked among the 10 worst polluted capitals in the world . Vehicular emissions are responsible for 70 percent of the air pollution in the Kathmandu Valley , which holds more than 48 percent of all the automobiles in the country . These numbers are vividly demonstrated in the horrendous traffic the Valley sees every day and the steady decline in air quality. How then can we begin to address the issue of air quality in Kathmandu? Electric vehicles 'were' to be the solution.