Kathmandu, July 2 -- Traffic police across Nepal have been pulling over vehicles and stripping black window films as authorities intensify a nationwide crackdown on illegal tinted glass.

The campaign has gathered pace in recent days under the initiative of Home Minister Sudhan Gurung. Gurung and Home Secretary Raj Kumar Shrestha summoned traffic police officials to the home ministry on Monday and directed them to remove black window films from vehicles. Traffic police have also urged motorists to voluntarily strip unauthorised tint from their vehicles before enforcement intensifies.

Police are no longer merely warning drivers. Officers have begun issuing tickets to vehicles fitted with illegal black window films and referring cases to t...