If you are planning to drive towards Prayagraj to participate in the Maha Kumbh, you may want to look at alternate transport options. With lakhs of pilgrims looking to take a dip in the Ganga and soak in the aura of the world’s largest religious gathering before it draws to a close later this month, all roads leading into Prayagraj are reportedly seeing traffic move at a snail’s pace. If moving at all.

According to an report, Sunday saw scores and scores of people trying to make their way into Prayagraj in vehicles that choker-blocked roads as far as around 300 kilometres from the actual site of the religious fair. The report further highlights that the worst of the traffic roadblocks was reported from roads headed into Uttar Pradesh from Madhya Pradesh and that cops on the ground had to stop traffic in different districts which resulted in pilgrims getting stuck for hours. As a result, many of these roads turned into massive parking spots, prompting netizens online to wonder if this was the longest traffic jam in the world.

But while the traffic situation on Sunday was a nightmare, the previous days and weeks have not been a dream on roads leading to Prayagraj either. News agency PTI reported that just a day earlier – on Saturday, hundreds of vehicles moving towards Prayagraj had to be stopped in madhyapradesh