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August 24, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): A gigantic traffic jam in China on a highway leading into Beijing has decelerated countless lorries and other automobiles to a crawl for a 9-day period. This data has been revealed by the local media. These vehicles are destined for Beijing and find themselves stuck in a line for about 100km (approximately 60 miles) as a consequence of intense traffic, road workings and breakdowns. Drivers, largely of freight-holding trucks, have had to twiddle their thumbs playing cards. The vehicular drivers in this gargantuan traffic jam have remonstrated that the local outlets were overpricing them for munchies while they were trapped. Nevertheless, the state-owned television mentioned on Monday that the state of affairs has essentially attained normalcy.

Construction of roads in China in recent years has undergone extensive amplification. Nonetheless, the vehicular utilization has also rocketed in chorus. The Global Times, a nationalized broadsheet, has declared that the mired traffic extended between Jining in Inner Mongolia and Huai’an in the Hebei province, which happens to be positioned north-west of Beijing. The broadsheet has mentioned that the road workings hindering vehicular progression were required to fix the damage engendered by an augmentation in cargo lorries utilizing the highway. These road workings were not likely to come to an end until the middle of September.

The abovementioned highway is a component of the Beijing-Tibet superhighway and is greatly utilized by lorries transporting coal from Inner Mongolia. The Chinese authorities are expending a colossal amount of cash in order to enhance the infrastructure such as roads and railways. Nevertheless, China is battling to carry on with the requirements of its flourishing economy. Bottlenecks are widespread in China.