<p>"I don't know if you came in boats... but I salute you," said a smiling US Secretary of State John Kerry to a packed audience at IIT, Delhi after his carcade was once again stuck in Delhi traffic as heavy rains led to waterlogging on roads.<br /><br />"You guys deserve an award for being able to get here today. I don't know if you came in boats or amphibious vehicles of some kind. But I salute you," said Kerry who was forced to cancel his trip to three religious sites today in the city after incessant rains in the national capital.<br /><br />The Secretary of State was 40 minutes late for the event at the IIT as his carcade waded through the waterlogged roads from his hotel, otherwise a 15-minute ride.<br /><br />On Monday, on his way to a hotel from the airport, the US Secretary of State was stuck for almost an hour in traffic due to waterlogged roads.<br /><br />Kerry was supposed to visit the Sisganj Gurudwara, Gaurishankar Temple and the Jama Masjid in the national capital after his IIT event, but that programme was cancelled.<br /><br />The underpass near Kerry's hotel - Leela Palace - was heavily flooded, leading to a massive traffic jam.</p>
<p>"I don't know if you came in boats... but I salute you," said a smiling US Secretary of State John Kerry to a packed audience at IIT, Delhi after his carcade was once again stuck in Delhi traffic as heavy rains led to waterlogging on roads.<br /><br />"You guys deserve an award for being able to get here today. I don't know if you came in boats or amphibious vehicles of some kind. But I salute you," said Kerry who was forced to cancel his trip to three religious sites today in the city after incessant rains in the national capital.<br /><br />The Secretary of State was 40 minutes late for the event at the IIT as his carcade waded through the waterlogged roads from his hotel, otherwise a 15-minute ride.<br /><br />On Monday, on his way to a hotel from the airport, the US Secretary of State was stuck for almost an hour in traffic due to waterlogged roads.<br /><br />Kerry was supposed to visit the Sisganj Gurudwara, Gaurishankar Temple and the Jama Masjid in the national capital after his IIT event, but that programme was cancelled.<br /><br />The underpass near Kerry's hotel - Leela Palace - was heavily flooded, leading to a massive traffic jam.</p>