X User Calls Kolkata "Dirtiest City Of India", Sparks Discussion Online
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DS Balaji, a designer by profession, called Kolkata "the dirtiest" and the "most unhygienic" city in India.
An X user has sparked discussion online after sharing his "unhygienic" experience of visiting Kolkata. In a series of posts, DS Balaji, a designer by profession, called Kolkata "the dirtiest city of India" and the "most unhygienic" after visiting areas that were overflowing with garbage and had open gutters. He shared pictures and videos from areas like Sealdah and Bada Bazaar to comment on the open gutters and the overwhelming stench of urine. "Can't breathe properly," he wrote, adding that while he struggled with the unhygienic conditions, locals were casually enjoying breakfast at a shop located at the top of one of the gutters. 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 smell everywhere. Can't breathe properly.While locals were enjoying breakfast from a shop on top of the gutter nearby. pic.twitter.com/R7FwudVsV4 This is a Vegetable market from where vendors distribute to the entire city.The food which you will eat is kept on a gutter, filthy smelling floor. While people are just fighting, abusing and spitting here and there.I didn't eat proper food for two days of stay in Kolkata. pic.twitter.com/nrS4QhLaSU
"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," Mr Balaji wrote.
"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 smell everywhere. Can't breathe properly. While locals were enjoying breakfast from a shop on top of the gutter nearby," he added in the following tweet.
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