Our @JohnKerry motorcade woes are front page news in #India. pic.twitter.com/LrEbcSxhmk
— Steve Herman (@W7VOA) 30 августа 2016 г.
Visiting US Secretary of State John Kerry and his convoy were stuck in massive traffic for over an hour while he was on his way to his hotel from Indira Gandhi International Airport, due to waterlogging caused by heavy rains. Kerry and other US officials are in Delhi to participate in the Second Indo-US Strategic and Commercial Dialogue.
Journalists accompanying the American delegation were quick to post the pictures and videos of the incident on social media.
Motorcade of @JohnKerry gets stuck in flooded gridlocked streets of New Delhi which was hit by heavy rain today. pic.twitter.com/msagDcy85K
— Steve Herman (@W7VOA) 29 августа 2016 г.
Additional forces called out to try to get @JohnKerry motorcade through Delhi traffic after more than an hour. pic.twitter.com/kWx8V7Ihgo
— Steve Herman (@W7VOA) 29 августа 2016 г.
We and @JohnKerry finally made it to the hotel! https://t.co/GIxOVO6zrC
— Steve Herman (@W7VOA) 29 августа 2016 г.
Police officials declined to share the details of the incident. A Delhi Traffic police officer, however, said that the cavalcade was not stuck but had only slowed down.
New Delhi was lashed with heavy rains on Monday evening. While the observatory at Safdarjung recorded 15.2 mm of rainfall, Palam observatory measured the rainfall at 8 mm. There was heavy traffic congestion reported all across New Delhi and Gurugram.