Guwahati, July 19 -- Written by Manoj Kumar Ojha

Tinsukia: Road and rail traffic was severely disrupted on Saturday morning after a large tree branch collapsed near Borhapjan Kali Mandir, close to Dumduma Town in Assam's Tinsukia district.

The fallen branch blocked both National Highway 37 (NH-37) and an adjacent railway track, bringing movement along the key Dibrugarh-Tinsukia-Makum-Dangari-Ledo route to a standstill.

A train en route from Dangari to Tinsukia was halted due to the obstruction, while vehicular traffic on NH-37 - one of Assam's busiest highways - also came to a complete stop.

Local residents were the first to reach the scene, but the scale of the blockage required official intervention. Personnel from the Doomdooma Pol...