ROAD TRAFFIC CONGESTIONTraffic was light early in the Eid travel period but surged after Wednesday afternoon as more people began their journeys. He said he took a longer route to avoid traffic jams on the Dhaka-Tangail Highway. Abdullah Al Mamun, who planned to take his family to Dinajpur, turned back home after spending hours stuck in traffic from Uttara to Gazipur. Say the buses are stuck in traffic.”United Paribahan drivers confirmed many buses were stranded while returning from Mymensingh. Besides passengers with standing tickets, many without tickets boarded trains from Kamalapur, and at Airport, Tongi and Joydebpur stations.
