Monday traffic in Varanasi

After a couple of months' reprieve, the Monday factor became once again obvious in Varanasi as traffic crawled for the entire day on almost all the roads, says Times of India. Last time such a collapse happened in the beginning of October.

The schools reopened on Monday and the traffic increased dramatically. Situation worsened during peak hours when the traffic came to a halt at almost all crossings.

Traffic inspector Vinay Chauhan said in the interview that Monday increased traffic was not unexpected - the authorities apparently knew about schools reopening. But he blamed the construction work done on a lot of roads, especially in trans-Varuna localities, as the main reason for the collapse.

The traffic inspector also mentioned impatient commuters. Right he is - those reckless ricksha wallas and bikers in Varanasi would never wait for their turn patiently.