Midnight traffic jam in Gurgaon, vehicles stuck on road for 7 hours

GURGAON: A midnight traffic jam was reported on national highway 8 in Gurgaon which lasted till early Saturday morning due to Delhi civic body's toll collection drive.

The seven-hour-long traffic jam began at around 12:30 am on Saturday when some drivers protested the environment tax collection drive of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi while some didn't have enough money to pay the same.

As a result, they started parking on the Delhi-Jaipur highway leading to chaos on the road.

Traffic movement between Sirhaul toll Plaza and Rajiv Chowk in Gurgaon was reported to be bumper-to-bumper.

Situation normalized when senior traffic officials from Gurgaon and Delhi rushed to the spot early on Saturday morning and made alternative arrangements to divert the vehicles.

Gurgaon Police has made arrangements to divert traffic from Bilaspur to other routes and similar arrangements were made for Rewari and Alwar districts too.