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Traffic congestion on roads occurs when space becomes shorter as compare to traffic. Drivers locked there for hours and do not able to get out of it. Long traffic hours directly or indirectly affects mental health, spoils quality of life and increases anxiety and stress among drivers and commuters on road. The present investigation is the study of traffic congestion and its psychological implications among drivers. The sample consists of 900 drivers of the tricity and subjects were administered with a demographic data, mental health inventory, quality of life and DAS-21. After administering the tests the scoring was done with the help of manual and further SPSS 25 version was used for the analysis. Descriptive statistics and correlation was calculated. Results revealed that there exist positive and significant relationship between mental health and quality of life (r= .329, p<0.01) among drivers. Further it was also found that mental health was negatively and significantly related with depression (r= -.371, p<0.01), anxiety (r= -.331, p<0.01), and stress (r= -.344, p<0.01) among drivers.