Traffic jams amid Chinese Speaker’s visit trouble Valley commuters

Chaotic traffic gridlock highlights the city authorities’ incompetence.

On Monday, Rabindra KC left his Satdobato home at 9:30am for Putalisadak, where he was to take a ‘mock test’ of the Pearson Test of English (PTE) at 11am. The distance between the two spots is about seven kilometres and on a regular traffic day, it takes 20-30 minutes on a vehicle to reach his destination. KC had thought that he would reach the exam venue early on his scooter, so as to buy a window of time for some last-gasp preparations. Little did he know that he’d get stuck in a traffic jam at Lagankhel and have to use an alternative route. KC was in for an odyssey.