'It will take 10 days to clear trucks'

At the Al Ghiwaifat border, two trucks are being added to the existing long queue of trucks every five minutes, and there is no sign of the crisis easing in near future, on Tuesday.

The slow pace of clearance work being carried out by the Saudi authorities is not helping the situation either.

Police have diverted the traffic in a new direction on Tuesday but this has actually made mattes worse.

Frustrated by their long wait, the truck drivers see no early solution in sight. Some of them are more concerned about the perishable goods they are carrying

It will take more than 10 days to ease the situation, they say.

The concerned border authorities refused to comment of the situation when contacted.