UML convention causes massive traffic jam on East-West Highway throughout Friday

Hundreds of vehicles, including ambulances, were stuck in the bumper-to-bumper traffic jam extending several kilometresin both directions of the highway. Security agencies proved helpless in controlling crowds

As the 10th national convention of the CPN-UML kicked off Friday on the banks of the Narayani river in Chitwan, vehicular traffic went haywire along the East-West highway leaving thousands of passengers and even ambulances carrying patients stranded on the road for hours.