“Welcome to the wonderful, green and trash-filled New Delhi,” Denmark's ambassador to India says in his viral video
Vasudha Mukherjee New Delhi
Ambassador Freddie Sveen of the Royal Danish Embassy in New Delhi on Wednesday shared a video on social media platform X (formerly Twitter) showing a garbage dump outside the embassy building, calling for immediate action. Within hours of Subane's video, the city's civic body began cleaning the area.
A now-deleted video shows a Danish diplomat standing amidst trash strewn on the road next to the Danish embassy. “Welcome to a wonderfully green and trash-filled New Delhi,” he said, pointing to a trash-strewn service lane near the embassy compound and expressing regret at the scene.
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Emphasizing the issue, Mr. Suvan said: “No more fancy words, just action. Danyaward, my friend.” [Thank you in Hindi]”.
The video ended with a panoramic view of a garbage dump, with a caption expressing disappointment with the situation in New Delhi.
Suvan tagged the official X accounts of the Danish Embassy in India, the Delhi Chief Minister's Office, and the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi in his post, drawing attention to the issue.
Immediately responding to Suvan's plea, the New Delhi Municipal Commission (NDMC) sent its staff to clean the scene, as evidenced by footage from the scene showing a Danish diplomat alongside NDMC officials. There is.
Ambassador Freddie Sveen expressed his gratitude for the quick response and praised the NDMC's swift action.
He said: “This is a service lane and I released a video a few hours ago to show that there can be disruption. But this requires human action and the heroes of the NDMC They listened to our cries about why we shouldn't do it.” Leave the beautiful alley full of trash. they took action. This is not a complaint, it's pointing out a problem. I've lived here for 11 years. we love India ”
(Information provided by agency)
