India, Sept. 5 -- A massive traffic jam brought Rajiv Chowk and its surrounding areas to a standstill on Thursday afternoon after lawyers staged a protest by blocking Old Railway Road. The protest, held over the lack of sitting space in both the existing and upcoming court buildings, disrupted traffic flow on the Delhi-Jaipur Expressway and Sohna Road.

Several school buses were stuck at Rajiv Chowk for over an hour, with students unable to exit due to the jam.

The traffic was diverted on the Old Railway road entering from Sohna via the under underpass, the Expressway or from the Old Gurugram side.

The traffic police at the spot were diverting the traffic from the chowk on the expressway service lane via the connecting road of the civil...