Mr Kapoor in contrast the infrastructure of India with Dubai

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Jet Airways, Sanjiv Kapoor, took to Twitter on Saturday to precise his disappointment with the aesthetics and structure of Indian metro stations. In a tweet, Mr Kapoor in contrast the infrastructure of India with Dubai and known as Indian metro stations ”artless concrete eyesores.” The tweet has angered a whole lot of Twitter customers who flooded the reply part to counter his assertion.

Drawing a comparability, he wrote, ”Bangalore, Gurgaon, Kolkata… why are our overground/overhead metro stations such artless concrete eyesores? Take a take a look at Dubai (proper) in comparison with Bangalore (left). And this Dubai station was in all probability constructed 10 years in the past! ” He also shared pictures of Dubai and Bengaluru metro stations to emphasise his point. 

See the tweet here:

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

— Sanjiv Kapoor (@TheSanjivKapoor) March 18, 2023

The tweet didn’t go down well with a lot of Twitter users who criticised his statement.

”Typical response of those who don’t appreciate their own country,” one person reacted to his publish, whereas one other mentioned, ”Transit does not must be fairly. If you probably did extra studying on urbanism and metropolis planning youd by no means praise Dubai ever once more by the way in which. That metropolis is a city planning nightmare. Borderline offensive to logic the way in which it’s arrange.”

A 3rd wrote, ”Only in case you had seen the traditional structure of India. The solely distinction between then and now could be India then had sufficient sources. India now can’t spend cash on aesthetics additionally in the event that they price very low.”

Many additionally shared a number of photos of aesthetic and well-designed a number of metro stations throughout the nation to show their level.

Delhi Metro for you! pic.twitter.com/HA8z0g6AZZ

— Rahul Kapoor (@okwithrk) March 18, 2023

The identical station from far has this look (not the proper a part of pic), however sure, a lot of the stations are field formed.

•Sri Sathya Sai Hospital Metro Station#Bangalorepic.twitter.com/SCWEUxtmk6

— Bangalore Metro Updates (@WF_Watcher) March 18, 2023

Bangalore metro has superb art work on the partitions. They let artists paint the partitions in a while.

Case in level, church road metro: pic.twitter.com/41ojhy7JQx

— Srijan R Shetty (@srijanshetty) March 19, 2023

From Hyderabad pic.twitter.com/5j2gfudR6j

— Vishal Anand (@im_vishal72) March 18, 2023

However, there have been additionally some customers who agreed together with his assertion. A person wrote, ”Rightly identified. Our public infrastructure shouldn’t be eco-friendly, not cost-friendly or lovely, and lots of usually are not accessible as nicely. Not simply metro station different public infrastructure as nicely. Nowadays non-public development additionally completely tousled Aesthetics given least significance.”

Another commented, ”India’s metro stations’ lack of creative enchantment leaves a lot to be desired. With such a wealthy cultural heritage, it is a disgrace that the nation’s public areas aren’t extra visually inspiring. Let’s hope for a future the place type and performance can coexist.”

Notably, his tweet on the Bengaluru metro comes within the wake of the much-awaited inauguration of the Whitefield-KR Puram metro route (Purple line). The 13-kilometre stretch is anticipated to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on March 25.

Last month, the CEO shared his poor experience with Vodafone Idea, saying he determined to modify to a different service after 9 years as a result of Vodafone has poor protection in some elements of the nation and inferior worldwide roaming plans.