French expat ‘horrified’ by state of Gurgaon: ‘I have never seen so much filth’

A French expat living in India has joined the conversation on the city’s lack of cleanliness, saying she is “horrified” by the rubbish that covers the streets.

A French expat living in India has joined the conversation on the city’s lack of cleanliness, saying she is “horrified” by the rubbish that covers the streets. Mathilde, a French woman living in India, said that she has never seen this amount of filth in any other country she has visited.

A French expat has raised concerns about the state of Gurgaon, calling the city 'filthy'

While some countries in Europe are famous for their cleanliness and infrastructure, Mathilde said that even countries in Africa, Asia and South America are “100 times cleaner” than India.

A scathing critique

The French expat launched a scathing critique of Gurgaon while responding to a video that shows piles of garbage covering the entire stretch of a road in front of a school. Mincing no words in her attack, she said she was “horrified” by the state of the city.

“As a French expat living in Gurgaon, I am horrified by the actual state of the city. I have never seen so much filth, trash, and broken roads in any other country I have visited,” wrote Mathilde. “Africa, Asia, and South America are 100 times cleaner. It is sad for Indians. And for India,” she added.

The conversation around Gurgaon’s cleanliness

Former Jet Airways CEO Sanjiv Kapoor has launched a scathing criticism of civic authorities in Gurgaon, wondering how the state of Haryana could build a Disneyland without tackling the basic problem of waste management.

On Saturday, Kapoor took to his official X (formerly Twitter) account to post photos showing heaps of garbage scattered along a roadside in Sector 44, Gurgaon, with several cows standing or sitting amid the mess.