Andhra Man Calls Kolkata 'India's Dirtiest City', Compares It to Africa, Viral Post Sparks Debate

Viral News: A recent post by an Andhra man comparing Kolkata, 'City of Joy,' to a starving African city has sparked outr. In viral post, man shared his experience of visiting city and claimed it to be most "unhygienic."

"Kolkata - Dirtiest City of India. Sharing my personal experience of recent visit to capital of West Bengal. most unhygienic experience I have h in an Indian city. Requesting to take this thre positively. Though I don't care much if you don't," he wrote.

In a series of tweets, he also shared pictures from Sealdah station and Burrabazaar, two of Kolkata’s most crowded places.

“This is t some starving African city, it's Kolkata. A busy metro station called Sealdah. And a market area called Ba Bazaar. Open gutters and urine smells everywhere. Can't brea properly. While locals were enjoying breakfast from a shop on top of gutter nearby,” he furr wrote.

According to him, city lacks civic sense and hygiene. "Vendors were sitting on top of a gutter and selling things in Kolkata. , I have never seen it anywhere else in India. matter how poor or b infrastructure, and I have traveled a lot. It's just a lack of civic sense and hygiene in city, which is so s to see," he wrote.

ditionally, sharing clips from his overall discomfort in food markets, which he claimed put him off eating altoger, he said: “This is a vegetable market from where vendors distribute it to entire city. food which you will eat is kept on a gutter, filthy-smelling floor. While people are just fighting, abusing, and spitting here and re. I didn't eat proper food for two days of my stay in Kolkata.”

He also mentioned his unpleasant experience at famous Kaali Ghaat temple, where he claimed to have "lost thousands of rupees" as vendors constantly tried to sell him things. "Even inside temple, priest would get agitated if you don't pay m," he ded.

Lastly, he described city as depressing, with "low energy" and "low frequency."

"I personally felt Kolkata to be most depressing, low-energy, low-frequency city. I may have visited all wrong places, at all wrong times. As a caring, aware Indian citizen, I wish best for this city. May it improve, grow, and build like ors," he wrote.

How Did Internet React?

post garnered over 6.2 million views. While some netizens completely disagreed with man's opinions, ors were shocked to see visuals he shared.

"Bro, you went to old Kolkata! Every city in India has an old part where new infrastructure cant be me. And y are dirty. Go to Salt Lake, Newtown—you will get to kw new and clean Kolkata. But yes, Kolkata is still way behind in civic sense," one user wrote.

Ar user remarked, “I am sorry about your experience, but I think you must have visited older parts of city where infrastructure is limited.”

"People are defending Kolkata in comments saying you went to old Kolkata. Bhai, Chandni Chowk in Delhi is 1000 times cleaner than this," an individual defended post.

"I totally agree with everything you said about Kolkata in this thre. y have a real hygiene issue. I landed in Kolkata just for two days to travel to Thailand and took a one-day tour. By next day, my whole family caught red-eye. ir use of pan is ar big issue, and honestly, I felt that people don’t care a bit about hygiene at all," a final comment re.