Connaught Place to be beautified ahead of G20 Summit

NEW DELHI: New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) is planning to install two fountains at the intersection area in the outer circle of Connaught Place as part of the beautification plan ahead of the G20 Summit. Under the beautification plan, the council is repairing roads, service lanes and tiling works in the national capital.

Satish Upadhyay, Vice Chairperson, NDMC, said, “We are also repairing the roads, service lanes and doing tiling work to improve the look. Tourists in good numbers are likely to visit the city during the summit which is why prominent markets and commercial centres are being revamped in the NDMC area.”

The local body has also invited bids for operation and maintenance of fountains built along the India Gate C Hexagon. NDMC’s report says that the private agency in charge of maintenance of these fountains for 11 months will have to upload pictures of the running fountain on a WhatsApp group, and the fountain can only remain non-operational for a maximum period of 24 hours in a month. The report adds, “water and electricity will be supplied free of cost by NDMC.”