When John Kerry got stuck in Delhi traffic

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When VIPs visit Delhi, they expect roads to be empty like this.

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's official motorcade arrives to attend the Beating the Retreat ceremony in New Delhi on January 29, 2011.Image source, Getty Images

But for ordinary drivers, roads are usually like this...

Travellers face traffic congestion on NH-24 as Kanwadias (Dak Kawad) carry holy water for Lord Shiva collected form the River Ganga, on August 1, 2016 in New Delhi, India. (PImage source, Getty Images

...and it gets worse during monsoon rains.

After the heavy rain, vehicles stuck in long traffic jam at Delhi-Gurgaon expressway on July 28, 2016 in Gurgaon, India.Image source, Getty Images

So when US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Delhi for bilateral talks on Monday evening, monsoon rains decided to not care about his VIP status.

Instead of driving smoothly on empty roads, Mr Kerry's motorcade was reportedly stuck in traffic, external for more than an hour.

It was highly unusual because VIPs are usually given privileges like clear passage on empty roads and no waiting in queues.

Motorcade of @JohnKerry gets stuck in flooded gridlocked streets of New Delhi which was hit by heavy rain today.Image source, Steve Herman
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And social media quickly started to have some fun at the cost of Mr Kerry's traffic nightmare.

John Kerry starts his India visit by getting stuck in traffic thanks to water logging http://ln.is/www.dailymail.co.uk/cYEGU … hahahaa!! Be a Roman in Rome!Image source, Karthik
Time we get choppers to ferry VIPs around the capital. Good for them, good for aam admi http://goo.gl/QLG66eImage source, Rajesh Mahapatra
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Mr Mahapatra thinks buying choppers for VIPS will be good for aam admi (common man)

Good that John Kerry didn't come during Delhi wedding season, pehle traffic signal se hi U-Turn le kar wapis airport ko ho lete.Image source, Gappistan Radio
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"Good that John Kerry didn't come during Delhi wedding season. Otherwise he would have taken the first U-turn to go back to the airport"

So, John #Kerry is coming to #Delhi. So is the #rain. And the #traffic. #CapitalImage source, Srijana Mitra Das
Delhi Rains and Traffic Spares No One! Not Even the US Secretary of State #JohnKerry #USSecretaryOfState...Image source, Picsture