Abstract
Different researchers have been using different data collection procedures, equipment, timings, frequency, and techniques, for quantifying air pollution in this part of the world. As a result, it is often difficult to establish compatibility of one set of data to another. The current situation of air quality management and control techniques are reviewed to show the current lapses which result in the incompatibility of the information rendering them to their face values only. The sharply rising trend in the Acute Respiratory Infections (ARI) and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), along with the findings of high TSP in the indoor air in Nepal indicate that modeling of pollution transport as well as control of Indoor Air Quality are the new areas requiring serious attention in air quality management in Nepal and other parts of Asia with similar pollution characteristics. The factors that have high degree of influence in the generation, containment, and control of pollution are identified and effective mechanism for the stakeholders for the implementation of air quality management and control policies and initiatives and worldwide trend in pollution control are discussed.
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