Welcome to India’s 13th Cleanest City and 5th Clean air City — at least, that’s what the reports say. Step outside the railway station, though, and reality hits you like a punch: open sewage, stinking drains, and garbage piles that could double as local landmarks.
On paper, the Municipal Corporation, the Commissioner, and the Mayor are victorious. Reality? It stinks. Literally. The “clean city” award is less about sanitation and more about spin, statistics, and bureaucratic optics. Residents, commuters, and visitors bear the brunt, while officials clap themselves on the back.
1. Open Sewage as a Welcome Gift
The first impression of the city is not the shiny rankings, it’s the stench of sewage and festering garbage — the exact opposite of what “cleanest city” implies.
2. Garbage Piles Replace Public Infrastructure
Every corner seems to have a garbage mound that could rival city monuments. Reports don’t see it; citizens live it.
3. Drainage = Disaster
Stinking drains, waterlogging, and blocked gutters are everyday realities. Yet, reports declare victory — because numbers can be manipulated, stench cannot.
4. Officials Celebrate on Paper, Not Streets
Commissioners, mayors, and municipal authorities have mastered the art of statistical selfies. PR victories replace real sanitation efforts.
5. air Quality Rankings vs Smelly Streets
Claiming “5th Clean air City” is laughable when the streets are full of dust, rotting waste, and toxic fumes from open drains.
6. Residents Pay the Price
Commuters, shopkeepers, and residents inhale, step over, and dodge the filth daily. Awards don’t clean streets; they just clean reputations.
7. Reports vs Reality = A National Joke
The disconnect between reports and reality exposes a bureaucratic obsession with optics over outcomes. Citizens deserve sanitation, not statistics.
👉 The lesson is clear: clean city awards mean nothing if the streets stink. Paper victories don’t sanitize drains, air quality indices don’t remove garbage piles, and PR selfies don’t make the city livable. Reality refuses to be polished on paper.
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