India, April 14 -- Traffic across Noida and on Delhi-Noida and Delhi-Ghaziabad arterial corridors came to a near standstill for nearly six hours on Monday morning as a labour unrest in Noida's industrial areas spilled onto key roads, leaving thousands of commuters stranded for hours during peak schools and office-going hours.

The worst-hit stretches included the Delhi-Noida Link Road via Chilla border, the Delhi-Noida-Direct (DND) flyway, the Delhi-Meerut Expressway and its parallel National Highway (NH)-9 and NH-24, with spillover congestion affecting Ashram, Sarai Kale Khan, and other parts of southeast Delhi.

In Noida, the disruption was felt at the epicentre of the protest area - the Phase 2 industrial area, particularly around Sect...