Tangail: A 20 kilometre-long tailback was created on the Dhaka-Tangail Highway in Mirzapur upazila of Tangail on Thursday, inflicting immeasurable sufferings on holiday-makers ahead of Eid-ul-Azha.

Gorai Highway police camp Officer-in-charge Khalilur Rahman Patwari said the tailback was created on the highway at about 4:00am from Chandra point in Gazipur to Mirzapur upazila in Tangail due to heavy pressure of vehicles, including the flow of the cattle-laden trucks, leaving several thousand vehicles stranded.

Vehicles were seen moving slowly on the highway.