Nochaya Maya Shrestha (85), a resident of Chandragiri-5 on the western outskirts of Kathmandu, is recovering from dengue fever. Reflecting on her experience, she remarked, "I had never seen mosquitoes in Kathmandu a decade ago, but now I am suffering from a disease transmitted by their bites." is a viral disease transmitted by female Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes.
The same vectors also transmit Chikungunya, yellow fever, and Zika virus, according to the World Health Organization. "I cannot recall mosquitoes being present in the past decade, but now it's getting hotter than ever before. We never used fans or air conditioners, but that has completely changed now," she continued.
"The environment used to be pristine-clean air, water, and atmosphere, biodiversity. Now, all of that seems like just a dream." Shrestha mentioned that she had never been to a hospital for any ailment before.
Reflecting on her struggle with dengue fever, she said, "It was really tough since there was no definite medicine for it. Thankfully, it didn't take my life." "We are now experiencing extreme temperatures, drought, irregular rainfall, and air pollution, without knowing the cause behind it," she added.
With the recent rise in global temperatures, Nepal is among several nations severly impacted by climate change. Even Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, referring to the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres' visit to the Everest Base Camp in the autumn of last year, emphasised Nepal's .
