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Viral News: In a latest post by an Andhra man by comparing Kolkata, the ‘City of Joy,’ with that of a starving African city has invited much rage.
In the viral post, the man shared his experience of visiting the city and claimed it to be the most “unhygienic”.
“Kolkata – The Dirtiest City of India. Sharing my personal experience of the recent visit to the capital of West Bengal. The most unhygienic experience I have had in an Indian city. Requesting to take this thread positively. Though I don’t care much if you don’t,” he wrote.
Along with it, he also shared pictures from Sealdah station and Burrabazaar, two of Kolkata’s most crowded places.
“This is not some starving African city, it’s Kolkata. A busy metro station called Sealdah. And a market area called Bada Bazaar. Open gutters and urine smells everywhere. Can’t breathe properly. While locals were enjoying breakfast from a shop on top of the gutter nearby,” he further wrote.
According to him, civic sense and hygiene are lacking in the city. “Vendors were sitting on top of a gutter and selling things in Kolkata. No, I have never seen it anywhere else in India. No matter how poor or bad the infrastructure, and I have travelled a lot. It is just a lack of civic sense and hygiene in the city, which is so sad to see,” he wrote.
Sharat Shane, giving further examples of his overall discomfort in food markets, which he said made him not want to eat at all, said: “This is a vegetable market from where vendors distribute it to the whole city. The food which you will eat is kept on a gutter, filthy-smelling floor. And while people are just fighting, abusing and spitting here and there. I did not eat proper food for two days of my stay in Kolkata.”.
He even mentioned his nightmare experience at the most revered Kaali Ghaat temple, where he said he “saw losing thousands of rupees” because vendors were constantly trying to sell him things. “Even inside the temple, the priest would get agitated if you don’t pay them,” he added.
Finally, he described the city depressing, full of “low energy” and “low frequency.”
“I personally felt that the city of Kolkata was one of the most depressing, low-energy, low-frequency cities. I may have visited all the wrong places at all the wrong times. As a caring, aware Indian citizen, I wish the best for this city. May it improve, grow, and build like others,” he wrote.
How Did the Internet React?
It gathered over 6.2 million views. Some netizens completely disagreed with the man, whereas others were shocked to see the visuals he was sharing.
“Bro, you went to old Kolkata! Every city in India has an old part where new infrastructure cannot be made. And they are dirty. Go to Salt Lake, Newtown-you will get to know the new and clean Kolkata. But yes, Kolkata is still way behind in civic sense,” one user wrote.
I’m sorry for your experience but I guess you must have been to the aged part of the city where infrastructure is less developed.”
“In the comment section, people are coming in and defending Kolkata. Bhai, Chandni Chowk in Delhi is 1000 times cleaner than this,” one defended a post.
“I totally agree with everything you said about Kolkata in this thread. They have a real hygiene issue. I landed in Kolkata just for two days to travel to Thailand and took a one-day tour. By the next day, my whole family caught red-eye. Their use of pan is another big issue, and honestly, I felt that the people don’t care a bit about hygiene at all,” a final comment read.
