Washington Post Feed

please login

Item Details: 17721105

BIG

17721105

item number: 218328
signature: 56a9181c22953d6b574cde578ca94d94
size: 3264 x 2448px (4.65 MB)

Created: September 14, 2009

Published: September 15, 2009
Dehli, India
SLUG: FO/INDIA DATE: Downloaded 9/14/2009, WLG. CREDIT: Rama Lakshmi / TWP Dehli, India. India is planting bamboo saplings to use as a screen to conceal drains and slums as a way of showcasing the city as a clean capital, during the 2010 Commonwealth Games. In the picture, two public works officials show the bamboo saplings (Abhishekh Raj (in white shirt) and S. A. Rohilla (shorter man)). New Delhi hopes the Commonwealth Games, in which 71 former British colonies compete, will bring the global limelight that the Olympics brought to Beijing last year. It mirrors Indias growing ambition to transform its cramped capital of 14 million people into a 21st century super-city that can hope to host future Grand Prix and Olympics.

by: Rama Lakshmi The Washington Post