The Vande Bharat train introduced by the Indian Railways is equipped with the state-of-the-art facility to provide a pleasant travelling experience to its passengers. But a photograph from inside one of the Vande Bharat trains showing garbage strewn around has gone viral on the internet.
The video shared on the micro-blogging site Twitter by Indian Administrative Services (IAS) officer Awanish Sharan, shows the floor of one of the bogey of the train strewn with loads of garbage, including empty bottles, plastic bags and used food containers. A worker can also be seen holding a broom to clean the floor.
"We The People," read the caption of of the post shared by Sharan. The clip has so far garnered 585.6k views, 8,320 likes and several comments.
"Yes we the people are very selfish and irresponsible in general," wrote one user.
"This probably the last chance we Indians have to get world class infra. We mess like this, future will be only doles !" wrote another user.
"We have to bear the people it takes time for people to improve like old trains to VandeBharat trains," wrote a third.
We, the people of India, don't deserve a smart facility like Vande Bharat Express," a fourth wrote.