The civic body identified and cleaned more than 11,000 garbage vulnerable points and is conducting anti-larval spraying in all wards ahead of the G20 Summit, Delhi Mayor Shelly Oberoi said on Sunday.
In a press conference at the AAP headquarters, she said teams have also been set up to clean areas adjacent to posh hotels, tourist attractions, and the city airport, adding that Delhi is ready to welcome guests for the summit.
“The MCD (Municipal Corporation of Delhi) is working continuously to ensure that the roads, parks, markets, and other public places are neat and clean. It is a matter of great pride for Delhi that India is hosting the G20 Summit, and we will put our best foot forward,” she said.
Oberoi told reporters that 11,200–11,300 garbage vulnerable points were identified and cleaned, and those spots are now being beautified.
Garbage-vulnerable points are open places where trash is dumped regularly.
Earlier in the day, Oberoi and Durgesh Pathak, the AAP’s MCD in-charge, visited Laxmi Nagar and Narayana Vihar to take stock of the preparations ahead of the G-20 Summit.
Oberoi said the MCD and the public works department are working to clean, beautify, and renovate roads in the city.
Anti-larval spraying is being conducted in all 250 wards, she told reporters.
Later, a statement issued by her office said 52 mechanical road-sweeping machines have been deployed.
MCD starts picking up stray dogs in wake of G20 Summit: PFA
New Delhi: The Municipal Corporation of Delhi has started picking up stray dogs, mostly sterilised in an «illegal» manner and without any written orders, in the wake of the G20 Summit scheduled on September 8-10, People for Animals claimed in a statement on Sunday. The People for Animals (PFA) was reached out by air travellers at Terminal 2 who spotted «screaming and yelping» dogs being «dragged by neck» using wires by «what looked like class 4 untrained workers» before being bundled into vehicles, the statement said.
