kishanganj if you are travelling between kishanganj and purnia by national highway no 31 nh31 you better get mentally ready for a shock and need not smirk in disgustit is quite likely you will get snarled up in traffic jam like it happened on monday when vehicular traffic came to a standstill for nearly 18 hours it began to crawl only next noonlong distance buses with lots of passengers including female and children aspiring to reach destinations like chhapra muzaffarpur darbhanga and patna were stranded all through the night night long heavy rain only added to their woes according to informationsuch nightmarish experiences are in no way few and far between traffic disruptions on allimportant nh31 linking sensitive northeast with rest of the country between dalkola and belgachhi are now irritatingly familiar hundreds of buses trucks and other vehicles are often stranded between these points it is learntall these disruptions are ascribed to the ongoing work on fourlane super highway of golden quadrilateral road project the construction of fourlane highway may be harbinger of smooth travel ahead but lackadaisical and perfunctory functioning on the part of motley construction companies has thrown plethora of problems mainly traffic disruptionsthe problem is more pronounced between dalkola and belgachhi mountainous earthwork has eaten up half of the existing nh 31 and the residual half cries for upkeep and maintenance as it is replete with king size ditches andpotholes mondays problem of road blockade was due to trapping of a heavy truck in a monstrous ditch near baisi it is learntdeputy general manager of national highway authority of india nhai o p singh while sharing commuters anguish told tnn over phone from siliguri on wednesday that steps have already been taken to take care of the affected patch and traffic will have smooth sail