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Delhi gets a G20 Summit makeover: All dressed up with somewhere to go

The LG is up and about at 2 am and IAS probationers oversee cleaning of drains as Delhi gets a G20 makeover

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Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena takes a round of the revamped Palam Technical Area

7 min read Last Updated : Aug 25 2023 | 10:55 PM IST

When Delhi witnessed its worst flooding of four decades in mid-July, nightmares from a monsoon 13 years back revisited the city’s top civic officials. In less than 60 days, the national capital was slated to host the Group of 20 Summit, its most significant marquee event since the Commonwealth Games in October 2010.

As in the run-up to CWG 2020, a public relations disaster, an uncharacteristically heavy monsoon and the consequent flooding and waterlogging devastated several key stretches of roads near Bharat Mandapam, the summit venue inside Pragati Maidan, and multiple government agencies with a penchant for working at cross

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