Bangladesh, May 25 -- A 15-kilometre tailback has been reported on the Dhaka-Tangail highway, centring around the Chandra intersection in Gazipur.

Commuters have spent hours in the journey, exacerbated by a heavy spell of rain, after paying up to five times the normal fare for the travel ahead of Eid-ul-Azha.

The traffic chaos intensified on Monday afternoon as garment factories in the Gazipur industrial zone started closing for the holidays, unleashing a massive wave of workers onto both the Dhaka-Tangail and Dhaka-Mymensingh highways.

The rush quickly created severe bottlenecks in key areas, including Konabari, Shafipur, Palli Bidyut, Chandra, Kharajora, and Baimail.

Despite no shortage of vehicles on the roads, transport operators...