Watch: Mumbai Slums Draped With Sheets Overnight Ahead Of G20 Event

Residents said the sheets literally came up overnight ahead of the event that will end on Thursday, alongside a drive to beautify the city.

As delegates from some of the world's wealthiest nations descend on Mumbai for a three-day summit this week, they will be spared from the sights of some of the city's poorest residents.

The city is hosting a meeting of the Group of 20 (G20) countries and giant sheets have been strung up on bamboo poles, sometimes with billboards of the event, in many places of the city.

Curiously, many of the localities covered up are slums and residents said the sheets literally came up overnight ahead of the event that will end on Thursday, alongside a drive to beautify the city.

"Some people were cleaning the neighbourhood. At night, they put up these curtains. We found out about them only in the morning. They said some special guests are coming," one resident told NDTV.