The good side of a bad jam

On Monday night, Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari got stuck in a traffic jam on the Gurgaon-Mahipalpur flyover outside Delhi. After a long wait on the road that leads to the capital's airport, the minister was furious.

He spoke to officers of the National Highways Authority of India and demanded a proposal within 24 hours to make the stretch "jam-free". He also called a meeting of all authorities concerned. "We will identify the black spots of Delhi and also inform the Delhi government. We will jointly solve this traffic jam problem," he promised.