India, Oct. 20 -- Noida Traffic congestion on Noida's Sector 18 road and surrounding areas remained high on Sunday, as people continued to throng local markets for Diwali purchasing.

Traffic police said it deployed nearly 30 traffic police personnel at Sector 18 to manage the congestion.

"A traffic inspector and three sub-inspectors among 30 traffic police personnel are being deployed near Atta Market and Sector 18 to manage the festival congestion," said deputy commissioner of police (traffic) Pravin Ranjan Singh.

"On Saturday, the need to implement diversion was not required. If there is a need, diversion may be applied. But we are working to clear the congestion before it builds up," said DCP Singh.

On Friday, the traffic police ha...