India, July 23 -- Mounting garbage piles, broken pavements, sewage-filled streets, and civic apathy have triggered a wave of anger among Gurgaon residents, with a scathing social media post by a French expat becoming the latest flashpoint in the city's sanitation crisis.

Mathilde R, a long-time expat living in Gurgaon, minced no words while describing the city as "a pig house" where people are "condemned to live like animals." Her post, which has since gone viral, was a raw, emotionally charged account of what she called the collapse of urban governance in one of India's most aspirational cities.

In an X post, Mathilde wrote, "What could have been a modern, peaceful city has turned into a massive landfill. Many of my expat friends are m...