KATHMANDU, Sept. 13 -- The Lalitpur Metropolitan City (LMC) has started efforts to bring the taxi drivers with advertisements of various companies under control and bring them under the tax net.

Metropolitan Police Chief Sitaram Hachhethu informed Republica that four taxis that did not pay tax by placing advertisements of different companies were taken under control by Lalitpur Metropolitan City on Sunday.

Before affixing commercial sponsorship stickers on vehicles, the tax has to be paid in the metropolis. However, he said that four taxis were taken under control and brought under the tax net after it was found that tax-free stickers were pasted in the taxis. "As per the legislation published in the local gazette of the metropolis to b...