Knocksense Shorts | Upcoming Global Investors' Summit in Lucknow to be a zero waste event

Lucknow is getting ready to play host to the Global Investors' Summit-23, commencing Friday, February 10. The three-day-event, which will go on till February 12, will see top politicians, industrialists, and a slew of eminent personalities from across the world paying a visit. The state government has also announced that the GIS-23 will be a zero waste event, with 100 steel dustbins put at the venue along with over 1000 sanitation workers deployed.

In a bid to ensure convenience for guests, 250 new toilets have also been constructed at the venue in Vrindavana Yojana, which has a seating capacity of 10,000 people, divided into seven blocks. The government has also deployed 1150 sanitation workers at the venue who will ensure proper waste disposal throughout the three day event.

Furthermore, the capital city is expected to see a lot of VVIP movement and route diversions leading up to and during the GIS-23. However, alternate routes are being prepped to make sure that Lucknowites do not suffer too many hiccups in their daily commute. "Information regarding route diversions will be publicised on social media and in print", a government spokesperson said.