Man steals plant pots from Delhi’s vertical garden, miffs netizens

A vertical garden (Image: PTI)

The video of an elderly man stealing plant pots from Delhi’s vertical garden has left the internet users enraged. The man was caught red-handed by a passer-by while taking away plant pots from the garden built on the pillars of a flyover. He filmed the incident, which went viral on Facebook.

In the viral clip, the man dressed in formals can be seen emptying the plant and the mud from the pot before putting the empty containers in his bag. He is then seen running away from the spot with his booty after the passer-by calls him out.

Unfortunately, such instances of destroying public property have become common in the National Capital since the time the project was started. Reports of truant citizens walking away with the plant pots, leaving behind empty spaces on the pillars, are almost a daily affair now.

The New Delhi Municipal Corporation started planting vertical gardens to curb pollution in the city, which is perpetually in the news for poor air quality standards ad also to beautify it simultaneously.

Though this viral video does not ascertain the identity of the person or the location, enraged netizens have been seeking Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s intervention.

देखे वीडियो! @ArvindKejriwal सरकार ने फ्लाईओवर के नीचे खंबों पर हरे पौधे लगवाये है जिससे खूबसूरती बढ़े लेकिन अंधभक्त और मूर्ख व्यक्ति किस तरह से उसे बर्बाद कर रहे है? ऐसा करके आखिर इसे क्या मिला? जागरूक राहगीर ने बनाई वीडियो तो देखते ही भाग खड़ा हुआ शख्स!! pic.twitter.com/ZC9pwzp3y7

— Sanjeev Singh (@ssagar561) October 13, 2019

And here's what actually goes on in Delhi. Plants planted by the AAP for the environment being destroyed. Wonder who put this man up to it. Wonder what they get by committing such acts.https://t.co/AkzftajZqy

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— K.Mathur (@KMthr) October 13, 2019

@ArvindKejriwal sir, aise logo pr action lijiye..

— bhanu pratap (@bpst2014) October 13, 2019

That man needs to arrested and tried for destruction of public property.

— manjushaمنجوشا (@ManjushaBhagade) October 13, 2019

in US he would have been charged for destroying public property minimum jail term 7 years and $50000 bail bond

— Avi Dandiya (@avidandiya) October 13, 2019

Person should b identified and should b forced to apologise and should b asked to plant 10 times of what he destroyed

— Siddharth P. (@theauditor56) October 13, 2019