Dutch morning commute upended by tractors in farmers' protest
AMSTERDAM, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Traffic on Dutch roads was crippled on Tuesday morning as hundreds of farmers drove their tractors slowly along the country's major highways to The Hague for a demonstration.
Around 10,000 farmers plan a protest in The Hague to argue they are unfairly being blamed for the country's nitrogen pollution problem, a major political issue in the Netherlands at the moment.
The country's road and drivers' organization ANWB said in a statement that long traffic jams - more than 1,000 kilometres (621.37 miles) of roadways were reported clogged - caused by the tractors had contributed to one of the worst morning commutes in the country's history. (Reporting by Toby Sterling; Editing by Himani Sarkar)
