Kathmandu, Jan. 23 -- A groundswell of people descended on the streets of Kathmandu on Friday to protest the dissolution of the House of Representatives by the KP Sharma Oli government.

Throughout the day the city's traffic was thrown into a chaos as the Pradarshani Marg and Bhadrakali areas were overrun by a sea of people, to attend the protest rally called by the Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Madhav Kumar Nepal-led Nepal Communist Party.

SSP Janak Bhattarai, the chief of Metropolitan Traffic Police Division, said Kathmandu's traffic was severely disrupted till late afternoon.

"The Bhadrakali-Ratnapark road stretch was blocked till late afternoon. As a result, traffic flow was affected citywide. Traffic had to be rerouted and this caused sev...