India, April 14 -- A wage hike protest by workers in Noida turned violent on Monday with reports of arson, stone-pelting, and vandalism reported across multiple industrial clusters. The workers had been protesting for the past four days. But early morning on Monday, during peak office and school hours, large parts of the city as well as neighbouring Delhi came to a halt as workers blockaded several key roads and police set up restrictions, used tear gas, and carried out lathicharges to bring the violence under control.

By late afternoon, the situation appeared to be returning to normal and calm had largely been restored. Speaking to the media, police commissioner of Gautam Budh Nagar, Laxmi Singh said around 42,000 workers came out at ap...