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New Delhi Plans Grand Makeover Ahead of BRICS Summit 2026
New Delhi is getting ready to host the BRICS Summit in 2026.
The New Delhi Municipal Council wants the city to look clean and welcoming.
It plans to add decorations and lights in important places.
These places include roads, hotels, markets and areas near the summit venue.
Lights will be added to 17 roundabouts, 11 hotels and 10 council buildings.
Floral boards and fountains will also be installed.
More than 15,000 flower pots will be placed around the city.
Workers will also focus on sanitation, landscaping and maintenance for visiting delegates.
The New Delhi Municipal Council is planning decorative installations across the capital before the BRICS Summit 2026.
Preparations cover the summit venue, VIP routes, major roads, markets and hotel areas.
Decorative lighting is planned for 17 roundabouts, 11 hotels and 10 NDMC buildings.
Floral boards, fountains and more than 15,000 flower pots are being added across New Delhi.
The drive aims to highlight the city’s cleanliness, greenery, infrastructure and urban appearance to international delegates.
- Who
- The New Delhi Municipal Council, led in the announcement by Chairman Manoj Dwivedi.
- What
- A city beautification, sanitation and maintenance drive ahead of the BRICS Summit 2026.
- Where
- New Delhi, including the summit venue, VIP routes, roads, markets, hotels, roundabouts and NDMC buildings.
- When
- Ahead of the BRICS Summit 2026; the announcement was made on Sunday.
- Why
- To welcome international delegates and showcase New Delhi’s cleanliness, greenery, infrastructure and urban aesthetics.
Key facts
- Event
- BRICS Summit 2026
- Civic body
- New Delhi Municipal Council
- Decorative illumination
- 17 roundabouts, 11 hotel premises and 10 NDMC buildings
- Floral boards
- 15 locations
- Floral fountains
- Nine locations
- Flower pots
- More than 15,000
- Preparation areas
- Sanitation, horticulture, landscaping, infrastructure maintenance and city illumination
Quotes
Manoj Dwivedi
Chairman of the New Delhi Municipal Council
“At some places something like this will be installed by NDMC to welcome and BRICs 2026”
thehansindia.com







