The purpose of the “State of Environment: Kathmandu Valley, Kathmandu Nepal: A Special
Review”, is to examine the current status of the environment of the Kathmandu Valley and the suburban areas
of Kathmandu, Lalitpur, and Bhaktapur districts. The Articles analyses the emerging environmental problems
and promotes specific recommendations for future action. The analysis also examines various problem and
pressures due to population pressure and environmental changes happening with an alarming speed. This
analysis presents an alarming picture of a rapidly deteriorating environment. The paper summarizes the policy
gaps, analyses and identifies a number of measures for amelioration of existing problems and prevention of
future environmental deterioration in the Kathmandu Valley.