Karwar: Traffic jam was observed on the National Highway 66 for more than two hours, on 3rd March Saturday, after a huge boulder slipped and rolled onto the road near Sankrubagh region, in Karwar taluk.

As the existing National Highway is being widened into a four-lane, the labourers were blasting the stone.

The vehicular movement on the road was briefly halted for sometime as a result.

However, a boulder slipped and rolled onto the national highway causing traffic jam. Panic gripped among those present at the site resulting in confusion for sometime.

The efforts of the labourers to move the boulder went in vain and finally an earthmover was pressed into service to remove the boulder from the road and make way for the vehicular movement.