Title - Railway minister’s movement leads to traffic jam

CHANDIGARH: Commuters travelling on the national highway from Ambala to Chandigarh had to put up with a traffic jam from the Hallomajra roundabout to the gurdwara roundabout during the evening hours on Thursday.The Chandigarh police stopped the traffic due to the arrival of Union railway minister Pawan Kumar Bansal who flew down to the city and then moved to his house in Sector 28 on this stretch, leading to a huge traffic jam.Traffic cops were seen struggling to control the situation, even as the jam continued for over an hour (from 6 to 7pm.) Many commuters had to take an alternative route from inside industrial areas, phase I and II.The traffic blockade inconvenienced a lot of commuters and an ambulance too was seen trapped in the jam. "I was stuck in the traffic snarl for an hour. I had to go to Sector 37 to meet a relative, but I got really delayed," rued Rakesh Verma, a Delhi resident.Inspector Malkiat Singh, station house officer of the Industrial Area police station said, "Traffic was stopped for some time due to VIP movement. We managed the traffic and allowed the vehicles to move within a few minutes."