India, May 15 -- A massive traffic jam gripped parts of New Friends Colony and nearby areas on Thursday evening - chaos that is expected to spill over into Friday morning - after mounds of silt from a major drain cleaning operation were dumped along a key stretch of CV Raman Marg, leaving only one lane open, traffic police officials said.

According to Delhi Traffic Police officers, Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) began clearing silt from the Taimoor Nagar drain - which recently saw a high court-mandated largescale demolition drive-on Thursday morning. But instead of being swiftly removed, the debris was left piled on the road near the connecting bridge, leading to severe bottlenecks. A bulldozer parked alongside the debris further c...