Kathmandu, April 9 -- At a time when the country is engulfed in an atmosphere polluted to hazardous levels, scientists, experts and common people worry that nothing much is being done to curb air pollution.

For the last two weeks, different parts of the country including Kathmandu Valley have remained shrouded in thick haze and harmful levels of air pollution, posing a serious risk to public health.

During a virtual interaction organised by the Nepal Academy of Science and Technology (NAST) on Thursday, experts stressed the need for a long-term strategy to combat air pollution that causes headache for the nation every year.

"The country is facing a severe level of air pollution. However, we are only talking about a few pollutant partic...