Aviation veteran's tweet comparing Bangalore, Dubai metro stations receives flak
New Delhi, Mar 19: Aviation veteran Sanjiv Kapoor's tweet comparing metro stations of Bangalore and Dubai metro stations has created a flutter, attracting mixed responses from social media users.
Kapoor, who is the Jet Airways CEO-Designate, tweeted, comparing Bangalore and Dubai metro stations, along with pictures.
''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!,'' he said in the tweet on Saturday.
In response to the tweet, one of the users said, there is no comparison.
Dubai has a monorail system inside its terminals. Bangalore terminal is good looking but will not be a comparison to the massive hub that is Dubai airport, the user said.
''Typical response of those who don't appreciate their own country," one user reacted to his post, while another said,''Only if you had seen the ancient architecture of India. The only difference between then and now is India then had enough resources. India now cannot spend money on aesthetics also if they cost very low.''
Kapoor, in another tweet on Saturday tagging his earlier tweet, said that aesthetics don't need to cost a bomb. ''The smallest Japanese apartments/ ryokans are minimalist, inexpensive and aesthetically beautiful. Some comments on the post below are just the usual excuses and justification for accepting mediocrity and aesthetic monstrosities''.
Meanwhile, in a tweet on Sunday, Kapoor mentioned why he removed the Jet Airways reference from his Twitter profile.
''Some wondering why I have removed reference to Jet Airways on my Twitter profile. It is because I am tired of my tweets as a civic-minded citizen always be quoted as ''Jet Airways CEO says...''. My social media is me as an individual, unless l am tweeting relating to the company,'' he said.
Delhi Metro for you! pic.twitter.com/HA8z0g6AZZ
— Rahul Kapoor (@okwithrk) March 18, 2023
The same station from some distance has this look (not the right part of pic), but yes, most of the stations are box shaped.
— Bangalore Metro Updates (@WF_Watcher) March 18, 2023
•Sri Sathya Sai Hospital Metro Station#Bangalore pic.twitter.com/SCWEUxtmk6
Bangalore metro has amazing artwork on the walls. They let artists paint the walls later on.
— Srijan R Shetty (@srijanshetty) March 19, 2023
Case in point, church street metro: pic.twitter.com/41ojhy7JQx
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7 held for running fake call centre in South Kolkata
Kolkata (PTI): Seven people were arrested from the Parnashree area in the southern part of the city for allegedly running a fake call centre, a police officer said on Saturday.
Acting on a tip-off, police raided a house on Netaji Subhas Road on Friday night and found the fake call centre operating from the ground floor, he said.
Preliminary investigation revealed that the accused had set up a bogus company using forged documents and posed as employees of an antivirus firm to call citizens in the US, the officer said.
"The callers would gain the trust of victims and then use remote access to take control of their phones or other digital devices. The accused allegedly siphoned off large sums of money, running into millions of dollars, from victims' accounts," he said.
Five laptops, two WiFi routers, six mobile phones and four headsets were seized from the accused, he said, adding that the seven are being questioned to ascertain the full extent of the racket and to identify others involved.
