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Paan spitting stains on the streets of India are a common sight, but the menace has reached UK as well.
A video has been doing the rounds on social media that showed red stains from paan spitting on the roads, dustbins and pavements of London.
With paan spitting being a common thing in India, Indians in UK are being blamed for the issue. Authorities have also installed bi-lingual signboards, in English and Gujarati, across London, warning people against paan spitting.
"When a UK city has to put up signs in Gujarati saying ‘Don’t spit paan on the streets’, you know some of our Gujarati folks (especially men) have turned it into a daily embarrassment," a person commented on social media.
"We don't need other people to destroy the image of India. Our people is already doing their best work across whole world," said another.
"One of the reasons Indian passport is losing its dignity," one more comment read.
However, the issue of paan-spitting is not new in UK. Reportedly, authorities there had put up signboards earlier in 2019 as well, that read, "Spitting paan on the street is unhygienic and anti-social. You could be fined."