An entrepreneur has triggered a fierce debate online after stating that he would not relocate to Delhi despite Gurugram’s civic issues that were exposed in the recent bout of rains. In a social media post, Saurabh Jain, founder of Uncle Math Lab and a former vice president at Paytm, explained that he had lived in Delhi since birth, where his father’s family resided for hundreds of years.
Jain blamed the Gurugram administration for not fulfilling its duties but added that the career opportunities and greenery, among other points, made it superior to Delhi.
Despite his close connection to Delhi, Jain said he moved to Gurugram less than a year ago and was not planning to return to the capital anytime soon. “As much as Gurugram is mocked due to civic issues, I do not want to shift back to Delhi from Gurugram,” said Jain, adding: “I shifted to Gurugram recently and it has not been even 1 year since I shifted here. “The career opportunities, greenery (DLF areas), malls, restaurants and road connectivity to Rajasthan and Haryana you get here are better than Delhi,” Jain said. Jain said he had hopes that the Millennium City would improve considerably in the future as all it needed was improvement in certain areas to leapfrog Delhi. “What is needed is privatisation of electricity, improvement of drainage on a war scale, doubling of water processing capacity and better cleaning by MCG,” said Jain.
