A section of Delhi-Kolkata highway has been occupied by a 65 km long queue of heavy vehicles, buses and cars in Bihar for the past 4 days.

Traffic on the busy highway has come to a crawl after torrential rain hit Bihar's Rohtas district last Friday.

The flooded National Highway 19 is littered with potholes, slushy stretches, and severe waterlogging that made driving almost impossible.

A truck driver who got stuck in Delhi-Kolkata highway told NDTV, “In the past 30 hours, we have travelled only seven kilometres. We pay tolls and taxes, yet we are stuck here with no help. There are no NHAI officials or local authorities on the ground.”

Heavy vehicles, particularly trucks struggled to steady their tyres on the slippery surface, and as the traffic grew by time, it took 24 hours to cover on

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