Broken water pipe causes chaos in Istanbul traffic

Yesterday’s rupture of a large water pipe in the Başakşehir district, on the outskirts of Istanbul, surprised drivers and created great traffic chaos in the entire area by causing rapid flooding, as well as leaving without water more of one million inhabitants in the neighbouring district of Esenyurt. The column of water reached a height of 10 meters, and caused traffic delays of more than two hours until the city council workers were able to control the leak.