Maharashtra CM Shinde directs civic body to beautify Mumbai ahead of G20 meeting
The Hindu
India assumed the G20 Presidency on December 1 and 14 meetings related to the influential bloc will be held in Mumbai, Pune, Aurangabad and Nagpur in the next two months.
Ahead of a G20 Council meeting in Mumbai, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has asked the local civic body to launch a beautification drive in the city on a mission mode.
Mr. Shinde asked Mumbai civic authorities to depute 5,000 "Swatchhta Doots" (cleanliness ambassadors) and undertake beautification of the city.
India assumed the G20 (Group of 20) Presidency on December 1 and 14 meetings related to the influential bloc will be held in Mumbai, Pune, Aurangabad and Nagpur in the next two months.
A meeting of the Development Working Group of the G20 Council will be held in Mumbai from December 13 to 16.
As per a release issued by the Chief Minister's Office (CMO) on Wednesday, Mr. Shinde and Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis reviewed the city's beautification projects at a meeting held in Sahyadri guest house in south Mumbai.
Mr. Shinde directed officials of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to transform Mumbai for a "visible" change, said the release.
The CM said the G20 Council is going to hold multiple meetings in Maharashtra and the first one will take place in Mumbai.
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