I Investigated Why India’s Infrastructure Is Crumbling!

Explore the challenges facing Indian cities like Bangalore, Mumbai, and Delhi. From traffic woes to flooding, discover why our cities struggle. Learn about successful urban planning in Chandigarh and Indore's transformation. Understand the complexities of city development, government initiatives, and how we can contribute to building better cities.

[yeshwathram]

When politicians eat up a majority chunk of the infrastructure project budget, then you don't have enough money to build quality infra, as a result, we have sub-par infrastructure.

[orobleh]

It would be a miracle if India come close to China’s infrastructure. As a foreigner, I have visited both countries. Mindset of Indian, work ethic, integrity, civic sense, corruption, etc

[JamesKjones-nr]

I dislike taxes for one main reason: the government requires individuals to calculate their own taxes and imposes heavy penalties for mistakes. While I have no problem paying taxes as a US citizen, it seems strange to me that I have to do the paperwork when the government already has all the necessary information.

[sherylz]

Im Indian and chinese, and I been to both countries. It is insanely different, india literally makes me so sad. China’s government is actually doing something for their people. While India is corrupted. As a girl, I do not feel safe india. But I can walk freely without worries in the middle of the night in china (so many cameras). Both countries have lovely people, but india has no opportunities for its people. My dad told me that india is poor because of corruption, mindset, and invisible wealth/poor barrier. The only way to save india is to change its government for the people.

[RikMahanta]

Corruption is in the blood of Indians. No political party, IAS, IPS etc can solve this problem.

[fuDeakWatt]

You can't compare India to China. China is on a different level

[sahilsatishpandit]

Every City Can be Nice in India but people lack civic sense. People freely urinate in open, Throw Trash in Water Bodies, Defacate on Railway Lines, Throws the Waste Unsegregated. This is a HUGE Problem in India. People blame Population but Hong Kong and Singapore have one of the highest population density in the world and yet those cities are one of the cleanest. People blame poverty but Poverty doesnt give you license to Litter around and Defacate in Open. The Attitude of Indian People must change. This civic sense should be taught in schools from a young age. Trash Segregation should be taught in Environmental Studies Subject

[michayng]

I'm Chinese (live in Hong Kong).
I really like this video.

Everyone should watch this video. This is excellent video on urban planning.

Everyone deserve to live in cities which are well designed.

I wish our neighbours in India enjoy better living conditions, like us in China.

[MichaelZhuang]

Thirty year ago I came to the US to study economics. At the time, there was a Chinese professor who achieved very high academic status in MIT's Sloan Business School. His name is Yasheng Huang. His research focus is on the comparative development models of China and India. At the time, I admired him a lot and read many of his papers. One of his very consistent thesis is that China is wasting money on infrastructure and he predicted that India would do a lot better economically since it did not waste money on infrastructure. Now thirty years have passed, I am glad that China's government did not listen to him. I am afraid he may have misled many Indian politicians since he was an accomplished academia in MIT with many joint research with Indian scholars. Now when I think about it, if he did not shit on China's development model, he probably wouldn't have reached his level of esteem and status in the West.

[devleenanaik]

Hats off to the video editor! He/she has done a remarkable job at editing this video! I'm blown

[davidchung]

My first visit to India was in 1960 I travelled by land route from Madras(now Chennai) to Pakistan and beyond. The condition was shocking even from a Singaporean like me! Then about ten years ago, I visited Mumbai albeit for a day, what I seen in the streets of this so called modern city by Indian standard, except for the most affluent part of the city, the rest were reminiscent to what I remembered seeing the first time I went there, the street was full of cows, telephone and power cables jumbled up in bundles hanging precariously on poles and houses, beggars and homeless lined the streets, cow dungs rubbish strewn across everywhere! I thought to myself, India has not changed much. India needs a good government and changed attitude !

[rj_quants]

It will hurt indians sentiment if we compare to china cuz china is 200+ yrs far from They have good citizens... Awsome government... All they are so good...

*Leaving India is one of the biggest achievement for most of the progressive indians*

[lakshyashrungarpure]

Mumbai having little bit flood at the same time this video is airing, makes the timing perfect!

[raymonddon]

india talks a big game but is fruitless in all aspects. china talks little but lets its action and progress speak for itself....

[helloworld]

Being an Indian I must say we are almost 200 years behind China and we can never ever compete with them in any aspects

[KelvinLow-ji]

All talk, no action sums up Indian pride

[devyog]

I started my career in Delhi thinking there is hope when I was 22. Today I am 44, and let me tell you things have gone from bad to worse. There is zero accountability with the thousands of ppl in state and central govt, and life here is horrible. The story is same in each and every city of India. This you realise when you see how the rest of the world lives.

[YOLOjsts]

We have european level taxes while living is still equal to third world 😢.

[SuplexCityF]

why because if it costs 100 Rs to build they'll charge 500 Rs & still put low quality lobour & materials because who's there to keep a check on them? ofcourse this had to happen

[ssjblckgohn]

The Oldest civilization yet the farthest from developed civilization.
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