UK vlogger visits India’s cleanest city, compares it to ‘Singapore’: ‘A very strange sight for India’

Landing in the city, Pinto couldn’t help but express his surprise: “A very strange sight for India, no offence,” he said, as he walked along garbage-free streets.

He went on to highlight some of Indore’s innovative cleanliness initiatives, from door-to-door waste collection to a unique garbage café where locals can trade a kilo of plastic waste for a hot meal. “Indore isn’t just clean – it’s a city with purpose,” Pinto noted, applauding the city’s efforts. “Most Indian cities can take a page out of Indore’s book cause this place looks more like Singapore than it does India.”

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Social media users echoed his sentiments. One commenter praised the garbage café idea, saying, “Trash in exchange for a meal is such a cool program.”

An Indore resident wrote, “Being citizen of the city, can confirm the city has transformed in the last 7 years in teams of cleanliness.” Another individual commented, “Its not just rhe city authorities but efforts of each individual for making it clean.”

A fourth person commented, “Most of foreign travelers visit northern plains espcially the cities which is the dirtiest in India. India has 650k villages where 1 billion people live are lot cleaner. NorthEast India is very clean. South India, Central India and Indian Himalayas are lot less dirty.”