Dubai Vs Mumbai Floods Tweet: Anand Mahindra Sets The Record Straight With Ex Jet Airways CEO

Dubai Floods: Anand Mahindra makes headlines on a daily basis almost. His influence on the internet is something that has remained constant. Recently, his tweet on Dubai floods caused a storm on X when the former CEO of Jet Airways Sanjiv Kapoor called out the Mahindra Group chief.

What Was The Tweet That Anand Mahindra Posted?

68-year-old Mahindra, drew a comparison between Dubai and Mumbai, which Kapoor criticized as an inaccurate analogy.

Re-sharing a video of the flooded UAE city, Mahindra wrote on X, ¡°Nope. Not Mumbai. Dubai.¡±

Dubai airport flooded in rain | Image: X

Why Did Sanjiv Kapoor Slam Mahindra For This Tweet?

Soon after, aviation veteran Sanjiv Kapoor who is currently working as an advisor for Saudi Arabia¡¯s national carrier Saudia reacted to it.

¡°Incorrect analogy. Dubai was not built for such heavy rains - rains that would flood most cities. A better analogy would be if it suddenly snowed heavily in Bombay, which was obviously not built to handle snow at all. Would people in snowy Oslo mock Bombay?¡± Kapoor wrote in his first post.

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Kapoor¡¯s tweet implied that Anand Mahindra was bashing Dubai for not handling the floods properly.

Later, he retracted his statement and said that ¡°mocking¡± was probably not the right usage.

I¡¯m glad you subsequently retracted your comment implying that I was mocking Dubai, Sanjiv.

In fact, the only purpose of my post was to highlight how atypical this weather was for Dubai.

For example¡ªto use your own analogy¡ªif it had ever snowed in Mumbai, I might well have¡­ https://t.co/gcyqAMkMbw

¡ª anand mahindra (@anandmahindra) April 18, 2024

¡°Ok, upon re-reading the post, maybe it is not mocking Dubai. However, the point remains that Dubai was not built for heavy rains, no matter what the source of the rain (seeding, etc.)," he said.

"It would be impractical to build cities to handle any extreme weather scenario, however unlikely.¡±

Anand Mahindra Reacted To Kapoor¡¯s Tweets And Shared His Point Of View

¡°I¡¯m glad you subsequently retracted your comment implying that I was mocking Dubai, Sanjiv,¡± Mahindra wrote on X.

He clarified that his post aimed solely to emphasize the unusual nature of the story and the rainy weather in Dubai.

¡°I recommend that it¡¯s always good to pause before you punch, reflect before you react,¡± he said.

This week, Dubai and other areas in the UAE experienced unprecedented rain and storms, leading to chaos in the bustling Middle Eastern city. Streets were flooded, disrupting daily life, prompting school closures, and companies to switch to remote work for employees.

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