For the purpose of this beautification, PMC has allocated Rs 40 crore in the budget and many of the beautification tasks are going to be carried on BOT basis.

Pune mayor Rajlaxmi Bhosale held a joint meeting on Thursday with the heads of political parties in PMC. While explaining what measures the PMC is going to undertake she urged the citizens to give a positive image of the city before the foreign delegates and participants, who will be landing in the city from over 72 countries.

"During the CYG event, Pune is going to represent India before the foreign delegates. Therefore, more than the PMC, the onus is on the citizens to keep the city clean and leave a positive imprint of the country in the minds of foreign delegates. Among many other things, not spitting at public places and on roads, helping the foreign delegates are some of the things that the citizens can come forward to," Bhosale said.

"We want to make use of the CYG event for bringing in good things for the city, which will be of use in the long run, even after the CYG event," she said. Major roads, chowks, gardens and parks, flyovers are going to be adorned for the event. PMC will also install signages, LCD screens at 25 places, 50 CYG countdown clocks, hoardings, which will propagate about the mega-event. The PMC is also going to plant 10 lakh saplings.