NEW DELHI: In view of the BRICS Summit scheduled for September 12-13, the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) has undertaken an extensive decorative lighting and beautification drive across its jurisdiction, with 17 major roundabouts, 11 hotel premises and 10 prominent civic buildings being illuminated.
According to the civic body, LED signages carrying the BRICS Summit logo have been installed, along with posters on street-light poles along important routes connecting the airport and designated hotels with Bharat Mandapam, where the summit is scheduled to be held.
The NDMC said decorative lighting has been provided at major roundabouts, including Patel Chowk, Windsor Place, Mandi House, Shantipath-Kautilya, Shantipath-Panchsheel, Shantipath-Satya Marg, RML, Teen Murti, Q-Point, Claridges Hotel, Samrat Hotel, Ashoka Hotel, Methi, Lok Kalyan Metro Station, Man Singh, York Place and PM Roundabout. The beautification work includes uplighters, LED strings and other decorative illumination on trees, shrubs and landscaped areas.
Similar arrangements have been made around important hotels, including Taj Palace, ITC Maurya, Ashoka Hotel, Samrat Hotel, The Leela, Taj Mansingh, Claridges, Shangri-La, Le Meridien and The Imperial, among others. Trees along roads surrounding these hotels are also being illuminated.
Ten NDMC buildings and sites, including Palika Kendra, NDCC Phase-II, Convention Centre, Chandralok Building, Ashirwad Old Age Home, Charkha Museum, Central Park and Palika Bazaar area, AAV Mandir Marg, Lok Nayak Bhawan and Chanakya Bhawan, are also being given decorative lighting.
The NDMC said it has completed 100% verification of streetlights along all summit-related routes. Faulty lights identified during the exercise have also been replaced.
The council has also given a facelift to around 350 electrical panel boxes installed along roads in the NDMC area. Flex stickers have been applied to the boxes as part of the summit-related branding and beautification exercise.
Beautification work includes uplighters, LED strings
The NDMC said decorative lighting has been provided at major roundabouts. The beautification work includes uplighters, LED strings and other decorative illumination on trees, shrubs and landscaped areas. Similar arrangements have been made around important hotels.