Why might powerful Himalayas become harder and seek to see star-news.press/wp

I grew up in Capital Nepal who watches the Himalayas. Since I left, I missed moving, panoramic views of some of the highest mountain peaks on Earth.

Every time I visit Kathmand, I hope to see a look at the dramatic mountain range. But these days usually no happiness.

The main culprit is serious air pollution that hangs as a haze above the region.

And it happens even during spring and autumn months, which once offered a clear sky.

Just last April, an international flight I was in heaven to circle in heaven almost 20 times before landing in Kathmand, due to misty time that affects visibility at the airport.

The hotel I reviewed was at a reasonable height of which mountains are visible visible – but such a day was not during my two-week stay.

Even from the main lookout point of the Nagarkot, just in front of Kathmandu, everything that can be seen was a haze, as if the mountains did not exist.

“I no longer brand a place for views of” sunrise, sunset and Himalaya, “I said in the past,” Yogendra Shakya, who was doing business on the hotel in the 1966. Years.

“Because you can’t have these things mostly now because of the mist, I rebuanned him a renamed history and culture because there are there tourist products here.”

During the previous trip a year ago I was hoping to be able to see the powerful Himalan peaks on the way in the reemical region of the enchanting Annapurna -, but even there, hard luck.

Scientists say that male conditions in the region become more intense and lasting longer, significantly reduce visibility.

The haze is formed by a combination of pollutants such as dust and smoke particles, reducing visibility to less than 5000m (16.400ft). It remains stagnant in the sky during the dry season – which now lasts longer due to climate change.

June to September is a rainy season in the region, when the monsoon clouds, and not that the mountains are covered and visibility low.

Traditionally, March to May and October to November were the best time for work, because it was when the sky left clear and visibility was the best.

But with growing temperatures and lack of rain and deterioration of air pollution, spring months now see a thick haze with low visibility. These conditions begin already in December.

Lucky Chhetri, a pioneering guide to the Nepal, said that male conditions had led to a reduction of 40%.

“At one instance last year, we had to make up for a group of Trekker because our guides could not show us the Himalaya for murky conditions,” she added

Australian tourist visited by Nepal for more than a dozen times since 1986. He described not to see the mountains as the “main exhibit”.

“It wasn’t like that 10 years ago, but the mist seems to have taken over her and it’s extremely disappointing for visitors like me,” John Carrol said.

Krishna KC, Provincial Chair of the Association of Trekking Agents from Nepal in the Province of Western Gandaki, says the trekking industry is in deep problems.

“Our member Trekking operators become depressed because no vision of the Himalaya means no job. Many of them even think about changing professions,” he said.

On the Indian side, near central Himalayas, hoteliers and tour operators say the haze is now thicker and returns faster than before.

“We have long dry spells, then a heavy supply, unlike the past. So, with a rare hasty, the mistakes lasts”, said Malik Vird, who runs a tourist work in the Uttarakhand.

However, Ms. Virdi says tourists are persistent – with many who did not catch the mountain range that returned to try to try their happiness again.

Western Galaja in Pakistan are relatively less affected by hazels because the mountains are relatively far from cities.

But locals say that even ranges that were once visible from a place like Peshawar and Gilgit are often not seen anymore.

“The blend leaf remains hanging for a longer period and we do not see the mountains we could in the past,” Asif Shuja said, former head of the Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency.

South Asian cities regularly upper views with the highest levels of air pollution in the world.

Public health across the region is difficult to influence toxic air, which often causes travel disorders and school closures.

Drive and industrial emissions, dust from the construction of construction and dry pebble roads, as well as open ignition of waste are the main sources of air pollution throughout the year.

It is a complex soot from massive forest fires – which are increasing due to longer dry season – and burning residues of crops after harvest farmers in northern India, Pakistan and Nepal.

Weather conditions Storage of warmer air Above the colder air trap These pollutants and restrict the vertical air piston – preventing contamination from dispersia.

“Shot and dust are increased in southern Asia, and this trend is projected to continue due to climate change and other factors,” said Dr. Someshor Das from the South Asian Meteorological Association.

2024. year, the number of mazn days recorded at the airport in Pokhari, the main tourist hub in Western Nepal, was 168 – to 23 in 2020. and 84 in 2021. years, according to the Nepalese Department for Hydrology and Meteorology.

Experts believe that Himalayas are probably the worst affected mountain range in the world that gave their location in a populated and polluted region.

This could mean a scintillated view of the Himalayas could now be largely limited to photos, images and postcards.

“We are left to do business with guilt when we can’t show our clients of the mountain they pay to us,” said the trekking leader, Mrs. Chhetri.

“And we can’t do anything about the mist.”