Jet Airways CEO's Comparison Of Indian And Dubai Metro Stations Angers Internet
NDTV
Mr Kapoor compared the infrastructure of India with Dubai and called Indian metro stations ''artless concrete eyesores.''
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Jet Airways, Sanjiv Kapoor, took to Twitter on Saturday to express his disappointment with the aesthetics and architecture of Indian metro stations. In a tweet, Mr Kapoor compared the infrastructure of India with Dubai and called Indian metro stations ''artless concrete eyesores.'' The tweet has angered a lot of Twitter users who flooded the reply section to counter his statement. Bangalore, Gurgaon, Kolkata... why are our overground / overhead metro stations such artless concrete eyesores? Take a look at Dubai (right) compared to Bangalore (left). And this Dubai station was probably built 10 years ago! https://t.co/jSYueFwSWwpic.twitter.com/jAHSV6GF3S Delhi Metro for you! pic.twitter.com/HA8z0g6AZZ The same station from some distance has this look (not the right part of pic), but yes, most of the stations are box shaped.•Sri Sathya Sai Hospital Metro Station#Bangalorepic.twitter.com/SCWEUxtmk6 Bangalore metro has amazing artwork on the walls. They let artists paint the walls later on.Case in point, church street metro: pic.twitter.com/41ojhy7JQx From Hyderabad pic.twitter.com/5j2gfudR6j
Drawing a comparison, he wrote, ''Bangalore, Gurgaon, Kolkata... why are our overground/overhead metro stations such artless concrete eyesores? Take a look at Dubai (right) compared to Bangalore (left). And this Dubai station was probably built 10 years ago! " He also shared pictures of Dubai and Bengaluru metro stations to emphasise his point.
See the tweet here:
