Dutch morning commute upended by tractors in farmers' protest

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 kilometers (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.

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