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CEO of Jet Airways (CEO) Sanjiv Kapoor On Sunday he came under fire from a section of Twitter for calling Indian metros ‘artless concrete eyesores’ as he compared Bengaluru’s metro station to Dubai’s. Sharing several pictures, Kapoor complained about the design quality of metro stations including those in Gurugram, Bengaluru, which seemed to anger some people, who then tweeted his replies with ‘beauty’ pictures of metro stations across the country.

“Bangalore, Gurgaon, Kolkata… why do our overground/elevated metro stations have artless concrete spectacles? Look at Dubai (right) compared to Bangalore (left). And this Dubai station was almost built 10 years ago!” Kapoor’s Twitter account read.

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As the tweet went viral, some people were upset with Kapoor’s ‘inability to appreciate the country’s infrastructural development’ while others agreed with him to some extent, suggesting that metros here lack an ‘eco-friendly’ and ‘inclusive’ approach.

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One user, without commenting, simply shared photos of several Delhi metro stations featuring stunning works of art, with the caption “Delhi metro for you!”

“It is well pointed out. Our public infrastructure is not environmentally friendly, expensive or good, and most of it is inaccessible. Not just metro stations or other public infrastructure. These days private construction has completely ruined Aesthetics which has been given little importance,” said a user on Twitter.

Another said that public transport should not look ‘pretty’. A user even took the debate a step further, bringing ancient Indian art into the conversation. “Only if you had seen the architecture of ancient India. The only difference between then and now is that India then had enough resources. India now cannot afford to spend money on aesthetics and if it costs less,” his tweet read.

As the responses kept pouring in, Kapoor enabled an ‘account protection’ feature that allows users to make their public accounts private.