The Delhi Metro has developed a pedestrian plaza with aesthetic landscaping outside the Supreme Court metro station located near the venue where the G20 Summit will take place next week. Besides, thematic murals have been painted on the walls of the station’s building, depicting the G20 logo, famous monuments, and maps of member nations.
The G20 Leaders’ Summit is scheduled to be held from September 9-10 at a newly built international convention and exhibition centre—Bharat Mandapam—at Pragati Maidan. The Supreme Court metro station (earlier known as Pragati Maidan metro station) is located adjacent to the sprawling Pragati Maidan facing Mathura Road, which is being decked up for the big-ticket event where heads of state of several countries will converge for the summit of the influential grouping.
“We have developed a state-of-the-art pedestrian plaza outside the Supreme Court metro station as part of the preparations ahead of the G20 Summit. The plaza has seating facilities. Aesthetic landscaping has been done to enhance the look of the area,” a senior official of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) told PTI.
The lighting arrangements in the area are also being augmented to give the plaza an enhanced look during the night, he said. The plaza is located on the pathway leading to the metro station’s entrance from the Mathura Road side.
Bharat Mandapam precincts designed as recreation zone
New Delhi: Set to host the G20 Leaders’ Summit, the Bharat Mandapam, the magnificent international exhibition cum convention centre in the heart of the capital, will open its doors to the common man after the event.
Built over a 123-acre campus, the project has 12 exhibition halls, a state-of-the-art convention centre that can accommodate 7,000 people in a multi-purpose hall, and a landscaped public plaza alongside an artificial lake spread across 1.5 acres.
