Bhubaneswar experienced severe traffic congestion today due to a combination of an upcoming three-day government holiday and shoppers flocking to markets for the Raja festival. Major junctions like Rasulgarh, Jayadev Vihar, and Hanspal were gridlocked for hours, even delaying emergency ambulances. Despite additional deployment by the traffic department, the sheer volume of commuters leaving the city simultaneously caused the jam. Traffic ACP Umakant Pradhan stated that the situation was brought under control around 8 PM after police intervention. https://sambad.in/metro/half-the-city-stopped-in-traffic-jam-12032651 #creator program