As the G20 summit arrives in Delhi, India, Narendra Modi's government has begun a 'beautification' scheme for the city. Wild dogs and monkeys have been driven from the streets, while dumps and controversially slum areas, have been covered over to obscure them from the view of dignitaries and overseas guests.
The G20 summit is important to Modi's attempts to establish India as a major player in global politics and come during a difficult period for the group to agree on how to tackle major issues.
Get all the latest news from the G20 summit on The Independent.
The G20 summit is important to Modi's attempts to establish India as a major player in global politics and come during a difficult period for the group to agree on how to tackle major issues.
Get all the latest news from the G20 summit on The Independent.
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00:00 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:03 This weekend, Delhi will host the G20 Leaders Summit.
00:28 With the final preparations almost complete,
00:30 the city has been placed under a massive and unprecedented
00:34 security cover.
00:37 Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi
00:39 is set to welcome some of the most high-profile guests
00:41 the country has ever hosted, including US President Joe
00:45 Biden and British Prime Minister Richardson Lark.
00:47 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:50 Even before they arrive, around 130,000 security forces
01:11 have been deployed to checkpoints along key roads
01:15 and venues in the city.
01:17 And anti-drone systems are active to tackle
01:20 potential aerial threats.
01:21 [MUSIC PLAYING]
01:45 Dozens of major roads have been closed,
01:48 and non-essential travel and businesses
01:50 are being banned until the summit is over.
01:54 And about 120 million has already
01:57 been spent making sure Delhi looks
01:59 its best on the world stage.
02:01 Street dogs have been relocated, and thousands of monkeys
02:04 driven outside the city center using professional monkey
02:08 impersonators and cutouts of larger primates.
02:11 [MUSIC PLAYING]
02:14 The cloth used to conceal the unsightly homes
02:17 features huge images of Mr. Modi welcoming foreign leaders
02:22 who are likely to pass by.
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02:24 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
02:30 In Koli camp, a slum housing 400 people
02:33 in the heart of some of the city's most affluent
02:36 neighborhoods, the massive green covering
02:38 not only signifies a loss of dignity, but also livelihoods.
02:43 [MUSIC PLAYING]
02:44 The cloth used to conceal the unsightly homes
02:47 features huge images of Mr. Modi welcoming foreign leaders
02:52 who are likely to pass by.
02:53 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
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