India, Nov. 28 -- Traffic movement was briefly halted on the Noida-Greater Noida Expressway due to chief minister Yogi Adityanath's movement in the Gautam Budh Nagar district on Thursday, said officials adding that additional traffic police personnel were deployed to manage the traffic flow.

Commuter, Vikas Jain, a resident of Sector 25 who was travelling on the Expressway around 5pm, said, "For a kilometre of distance, it took nearly 20 minutes due to congestion that was caused by the VVIP movement."

Officials said the CM's visit was scheduled for Jewar, a private hospital in Sector 50, and a programme in Delhi.

An official, requesting anonymity, said, "Firstly, the CM landed at Hindon Airport in Ghaziabad and attended a religious pro...