By – Prakarsh Kastwar
Clean roads, vibrant lighting, embellished flyovers, lovely murals on the walls of underpasses, lush landscaping, and sizable poster-banners at the side of the road. This is a preparation for the G20 Summit, which will take place on September 9 and 10 in Delhi. Everything is decked, including the summit venue Bharat Mandapam, the roads, hotels, and airport.
Prime Ministers and Presidents of nine guest countries, as well as officials of the European Union and the G20 will spend two days in Delhi. This is the first time that a large group of presidents and prime ministers would visit India.
The desi touch has been applied throughout, from greeting visitors at the airport to providing food and drink in the hotel. All of the officials, including US Vice President Joe Biden, will be fed meals made from millets like millets, millet, and ragi.
For the stay of international leaders, roughly 25 hotels in Delhi have been reserved. US Vice President Joe Biden will stay in Chanakya, the most opulent suite of ITC Maurya. Rent for a single day is Rs. 8 lakh. This apartment was constructed in 2007. When visiting India, US President Barack Obama stayed in this suite. Rishi Sunak, the prime minister of Great Britain, will stay there. Entry has been shut down here for security reasons.
Viral Planet News team visited two hotels, The Lalit and Taj Palace, which were ready for foreign visitors. View the various culinary preparations and dishes that have been made. Read this article…
Visitors will be greeted with Tulsi garlands when the Central Force is deployed at hotels.
Personnel from the Central Force are stationed in five-star hotels that have foreign visitors booked. There are quick response teams and uniformed armed squads stationed at each gate. Soon, international security companies will occupy these hotels and assume control of security.
To welcome the guests, peacock theme has been kept in Hotel Taj Palace and Lalit Hotel. According to the hotel management, Aarti will be performed for the guests with a plate decorated with peacock feathers.
There will be an atmosphere of Atithi Devo Bhava throughout the entire arrangement to greet the guests, according to Harsh Champawat, Operations Director of Hotel Taj Palace. Our 150-person culinary team has created delicacies by fusing cuisines from all over India. However, consideration will also be given to the guests’ preferences.
The DEI team has also been assembled for the Lalit Hotel event. Diversity, Equality, and Integrity is referred to as DEI. The guests will receive a Tilak before being garlanded with Tulsi. Indian symbols and culture have been incorporated into the reception. The G20 logo, which was created on the subject of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam, is visible when entering Hotel Lalit.
Major nations like America, Canada, China, and Britain will stay in beautiful deluxe rooms, which cost between 80,000 and 1 lakh rupees per day to rent. Such a room in The Lalit Hotel costs between 80,000 and 1 lakh rupees per day to rent. The room also offers a view of the Bharat Mandapam building at Pragati Maidan.
Street food will also be served, with a focus on coarse grains like millets. A discussion about food will follow the welcome and lodging arrangements. When we asked Delhi’s hotel chefs what unique delicacies they would prepare for visiting foreign dignitaries, millets were the most common response. Indian meals have been prepared with fusion foods. The visitors will also be given Indian street food.
The Modi administration is working to promote millets on a global scale. 2023 has been designated as the International Year of Millets by the United Nations.
Chef Surendra Negi of Taj Palace Hotel says, ‘Indians like items made from millets. Earlier millets did not get much price because it was considered the grain of the poor. Since the discussion about millets has started at the international level, we have also started working on dishes made from millets. Foreign guests will enjoy snacks made from millets with desi tea.
Prime Minister Li Qiang will represent China at the conference in place of President Xi Jinping.
According to the Chinese Foreign Ministry, President Xi Jinping will not be present at the G20 Summit. The Chinese delegation will be led by Prime Minister Li Qiang. There is no explanation for Jinping’s absence. The disappointment over this was conveyed by US President Joe Biden.
The Hill, an American news outlet, quoted Biden as saying, “I am very disappointed, although I will meet him.” When and where Biden would meet Jinping were not disclosed. Due to Corona constraints, Xi Jinping missed the G20 Summit earlier in 2021. The location of this summit was Italy. Vladimir Putin, the president of Russia, has already withdrawn his invitation to the conference.
Online delivery services are not just restricted to medicines in Delhi.
The Delhi Police announced on Monday that during the G20 Summit, all internet delivery services—aside from prescription drugs—will be prohibited in Delhi district. SS Yadav, Special Police Commissioner for Traffic, announced on Monday that commercial activity will not be permitted in Delhi from September 8 through September 10. For VIP movement and security concerns, metro station gates may be locked for ten to fifteen minutes at stations. Except for the Supreme Court station, there won’t be any changes to the metro system.