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Ex-Jet CEO Targets Gurugram’s Trash Crisis, Mocking App-Based Reporting

Kapoor’s latest X post ridicules the city’s new garbage-reporting app in light of uncollected waste piling up in Sector 44

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Overview

  • In a July 6 follow-up post, Kapoor ridiculed the bureaucracy’s plan to use a mobile app for waste complaints, questioning whether officials were “driving around blindfolded.”
  • On July 5, he shared photographs of rubbish strewn along Sector 44’s roads, showed cows negotiating the trash and provided a Google Maps screenshot to pinpoint the site.
  • He tagged the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram, the district commissioner, the state chief minister and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, invoking the Swachh Bharat Mission for swift intervention.
  • His campaign has resonated with local residents who have echoed calls for basic cleaning services and criticized plans for a Disneyland-style park over essential civic upkeep.
  • Despite no official response so far, Kapoor’s high-profile critique has thrust Gurugram’s persistent waste management failures into national debate and heightened scrutiny of performative governance.