Worst traffic jams make tourists suffer in Swat
July 25, 2021
KALAM: Thousands of tourists thronging the picturesque Kalam valley in Swat had to face the worst road blockades and traffic jams on Matta-Bahrain and Bahrain-Kalam roads on Friday and Saturday.
It took 12 to 14 hours for the tourists, belonging to different parts of the country, to cover the 35 kilometers distance between Bahrain and Kalam. Most of them spent the night in vehicles on the road as, according to them, there was bumper-to-bumper traffic jam right from Matta town to Bahrain and then from Bahrain to Kalam.
Matta is the hometown of Chief Minister Mahmood Khan, where traffic always remains jammed due to rush of local vehicles and it becomes difficult for the narrow road to bear the burden of thousands of tourists.