Thousands of people are stranded due to 5 km long jam on the Delhi-Kolkata highway for the third consecutive day.

Thousands of passengers and truck drivers are stranded on National Highway 19 for the third consecutive day, as 15 to 20 km long traffic jams continue near Sasaram in Rohtas district of Bihar, which is disrupting the movement.

According to India Today, due to the ongoing work of road widening and the deadlock caused by heavy rains, the vehicles are barely able to move forward for hours.

Anarchy began earlier this week when there was torrential rains in the area, which disrupted the road widening work run by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) near Sivasagar. Due to rain water, the diversion became mud and slippery, causing the already congested road to narrow and the vehicles were forced to crawl for hours.

Talking to India Today, a truck driver going from Odisha to Delhi, Duban Kumar said, “I have been stuck since yesterday, around 8 am. I have barely run five kilometers.” He said, “There is neither food nor proper facilities. We are living on small breakfasts found on the road.”

Another driver, Sanjay Das, told India Today that he was successful in covering only 20 kilometers in about 24 hours. He said, “No officer has come to investigate the situation. We are living on tea and biscuits.”

On X (East Twitter), a user posted that the jam is now on the fourth day, due to which the vehicles had to cover only five kilometers throughout the day.

Rohtas, Bihar

Long jam on Delhi-Kolkata highway for last 4 days, 40km jam on NH

For the last four days, the jam reached from Rohtas district to Aurangabad district, the train is able to travel 5km in 24 hours …@YADAVTEJASHWI @Nitishkumar #Bihar #Rohtas #Video pic.twitter.com/npng3Cl2co

– Gaurav Kumar (@Gaurav1307kumar) 8 October 2025

It is an important link between the highway, Delhi and Kolkata, which plays an important role in India’s Goods Transport Network. NH-19- Which was previously known as NH-2, part of the historic Grand Trunk Road and Golden Quadrilateral, which connects major cities like Agra, Varanasi and Dhanbad. Despite its strategic importance, local authorities have not yet taken decisive steps to reduce the deadlock.

This jam is the most between Aurangabad to Varanasi. Another stranded driver said, hundreds of trucks are stuck without food or water.

As the situation deteriorated, passengers and transporters are urging NHAI and district administration to restore traffic flow through social media platforms and to intervene rapidly to prevent further disruption on one of India’s busiest trade corridors.