Archive · 3 Sep 2026
Delhi Intensifies Beautification Drive Ahead of BRICS Summit
Delhi is preparing for the BRICS Summit 2026.
The city’s municipal corporation has started a large cleaning and beautification campaign.
Workers will improve important places and roads used by visiting delegates.
Officials must closely monitor the work in their areas.
The city will also try to keep stray cattle, dogs and monkeys away from summit locations and routes.
Special animal-control teams will work all day and night.
Deep cleaning is planned from September 1 to 13.
The summit is scheduled for September 12 and 13.
The goal is to make Delhi cleaner and more prepared for the visiting delegations.
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi has intensified a citywide clean-up and beautification campaign ahead of the BRICS Summit 2026.
Officials were directed to improve key venues and roads that delegates will use during their stay in Delhi.
MCD Commissioner Sanjeev Khirwar issued the instructions at a review meeting on August 27.
Specialised 24-hour squads will manage stray cattle, street dogs and monkeys near summit venues and routes.
Deep-cleaning operations are planned at key venues and major transit routes from September 1 to 13.
- Who
- The Municipal Corporation of Delhi, under Commissioner Sanjeev Khirwar.
- What
- A citywide clean-up, beautification, road-repair and stray-animal-control drive.
- When
- The instructions were issued at a review meeting on August 27; intensive cleaning is planned from September 1 to 13, ahead of the September 12-13 summit.
- Where
- Key venues, roads and major transit routes in Delhi and New Delhi.
- Why
- To prepare areas used by BRICS Summit delegates and address cleanliness and stray-animal concerns.
- Organiser
- Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD)
- Event
- BRICS Summit 2026
- Summit dates
- September 12 and 13
- Review meeting
- August 27
- Deep-cleaning period
- September 1 to 13
- Animal-control squads
- Specialised teams operating 24 hours
- Animals targeted
- Stray cattle, street dogs and monkeys
- Official accountability
- Senior officers and zonal deputy commissioners were told to monitor preparations and could be held responsible for lapses
