Kanpur Smart City Claims Fail: Sewer Water Floods DBS Settlement Roads, Thousands Suffer

• DBS Kacchi Basti in Govind Nagar, Kanpur, faces severe sanitation issues with sewer water flooding roads, despite Kanpur being a 'Smart City'.
• Approximately 27,000 residents are forced to live amidst dirty water, foul smell, and disease, impacting daily life and social interactions.
• Choked drains and broken slabs cause drain and sewer water to flow onto roads, seeping into homes and creating a breeding ground for mosquitoes.
• The unhygienic conditions lead to increased health problems like fever, cough, skin diseases, and stomach ailments, especially among women and children.
• Residents' complaints to the municipal corporation and public representatives have yielded no action, leading to growing anger and threats of protest.

Why It Matters: Kanpur's DBS settlement highlights the failure of 'Smart City' claims, with residents suffering from severe sanitation neglect.