KHATMANDU: Nepal will ban vehicles older than 20 years across the country in a bid to control worsening air quality and to ease traffic congestion, officials said yesterday. The government decision, which followed a similar campaign in the capital Kathmandu a year ago, will throw out around 5000 ageing vehicles, including buses, trucks and pickups.
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