Cleaners are being paid £3.20 a day to scrub roads, stray dogs are being 'rounded up' and curfews have been imposed on locals as India prepares for the arrival of President Barack Obama. He arrives this weekend for an unprecedented second visit by a serving U.S. president, the honoured guest of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who was a Washington outcast only a year ago. And with a visit to the Taj Mahal on the President and his wife's itinerary, authorities are furiously working to ensure it leaves a lasting impression. Scroll down for video . A man scrubs the road leading to the Taj Mahal in Agra ahead of President Obama and his wife's visit . A man hoses down the road where hundreds of cleaners have been tasked with washing away spit stains . In addition to the massive cleaning project, stray dogs are being rounded up and two tonnes of rubbish has been removed from the polluted Yamuna River. Pictured is a man scrubbing the street . A boy runs with a stray dog in one of the slums located close to the Taj Mahal . Stray dogs have been rounded up, two tonnes of rubbish have been cleared from the nearby river and a lockdown has been ordered around the entire Taj Mahal complex. Remarkably, more than 600 cleaners have also been employed, many of which have been ordered to scrub the 10mile stretch of road leading to the complex on their hands and knees, NDTV reported. Paid only 300rupees (£3) a day, the men and women have been tasked with washing away spit stains and dust. KK Mohammed, India's former chief archaeologist, said: 'There are a lot of spit stains and such that need to be washed away. The streets need to be spick and span.' Obama's courtship of Prime Minister Modi is evident from his three-day itinerary, the first time an incumbent president has returned to India. While recent swings through Asia have included multiple stopovers, India is Obama's only destination this time, despite the risk of offending neighbouring Pakistan. 'There's no question this is a defining time in the US-India relationship,' US Ambassador Richard Verma said in New Delhi yesterday. 'Things not only feel different, they are different.' Modi's election in May 2014 was a potential headache for the US, which had blacklisted the Hindu nationalist for more than a decade after deadly communal riots in Gujarat when he was state chief minister. He was only brought in from the cold last February when Verma's predecessor travelled to Gujarat once it appeared Modi was likely to end the centre-left Congress party's 10-year rule. A worker cleans the decorative ponds inside the Taj Mahal complex which Obama will visit on Tuesday . The slum areas surrounding the palace are being cleaned up as part of a beautification project. Here a group of children play on the rooftops . An elderly shopkeeper reads the paper outside his store in Agra ahead of the presidential visit . Security surrounding the complex has been ramped up in recent days and extra patrols have been ordered .
Cleaners are being paid £3.20 a day to clean  streets near the Taj Mahal .
More than 600 have been mobilised to wash spit and dust from the roads .
They are preparing for a visit by Barack and Michelle Obama on Tuesday .
Stray dogs are also being 'rounded up' and cows taken from the streets .
Locals are being kept inside and two tonnes of rubbish pulled from river .
Cleaners are being paid £3.20 a day to scrub roads, stray dogs are being 'rounded up' and curfews have been imposed on locals as India prepares for the arrival of President Barack Obama. He arrives this weekend for an unprecedented second visit by a serving U.S. president, the honoured guest of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who was a Washington outcast only a year ago. And with a visit to the Taj Mahal on the President and his wife's itinerary, authorities are furiously working to ensure it leaves a lasting impression. Scroll down for video . A man scrubs the road leading to the Taj Mahal in Agra ahead of President Obama and his wife's visit . A man hoses down the road where hundreds of cleaners have been tasked with washing away spit stains . In addition to the massive cleaning project, stray dogs are being rounded up and two tonnes of rubbish has been removed from the polluted Yamuna River. Pictured is a man scrubbing the street . A boy runs with a stray dog in one of the slums located close to the Taj Mahal . Stray dogs have been rounded up, two tonnes of rubbish have been cleared from the nearby river and a lockdown has been ordered around the entire Taj Mahal complex. Remarkably, more than 600 cleaners have also been employed, many of which have been ordered to scrub the 10mile stretch of road leading to the complex on their hands and knees, NDTV reported. Paid only 300rupees (£3) a day, the men and women have been tasked with washing away spit stains and dust. KK Mohammed, India's former chief archaeologist, said: 'There are a lot of spit stains and such that need to be washed away. The streets need to be spick and span.' Obama's courtship of Prime Minister Modi is evident from his three-day itinerary, the first time an incumbent president has returned to India. While recent swings through Asia have included multiple stopovers, India is Obama's only destination this time, despite the risk of offending neighbouring Pakistan. 'There's no question this is a defining time in the US-India relationship,' US Ambassador Richard Verma said in New Delhi yesterday. 'Things not only feel different, they are different.' Modi's election in May 2014 was a potential headache for the US, which had blacklisted the Hindu nationalist for more than a decade after deadly communal riots in Gujarat when he was state chief minister. He was only brought in from the cold last February when Verma's predecessor travelled to Gujarat once it appeared Modi was likely to end the centre-left Congress party's 10-year rule. A worker cleans the decorative ponds inside the Taj Mahal complex which Obama will visit on Tuesday . The slum areas surrounding the palace are being cleaned up as part of a beautification project. Here a group of children play on the rooftops . An elderly shopkeeper reads the paper outside his store in Agra ahead of the presidential visit . Security surrounding the complex has been ramped up in recent days and extra patrols have been ordered .
Cleaners are being paid £3.20 a day to scrub roads, stray dogs are being 'rounded up' and rounded up and two tonnes of rubbish has been the Taj Mahal . Stray dogs have been rounded up, two tonnes of rubbish have been cleared from the more than 600 cleaners have also been employed,