The final touches are being put on preparations for the G20 summit which is underway in New Delhi over the weekend (Sept 9/10). India holds the presidency, but faces a significant challenge in unifying members in what will undoubtedly be a diplomatic spectacle.
World leaders have been arriving in New Delhi for the eighteenth G20 summit - and many locals are delighted:: "I mean it's a great privilege and opportunity for India to host this G20. And as we can see, the preparations that are going on; one thing that is really a benefit of this is that we are cleaning our city.
And Slum areas are being demolished – though the government insists it’s not part of beautification work ahead of the summit – rather an ongoing activity to remove houses built illegally on government land. "Maintaining law and order and crime criminal containment in the entire Delhi, it’s certainly and particularly during the summit time, it’s a big challenge.”
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