Pune ranked the best city to live in India
Pune, Maharashtra
Maharashtra’s Pune ranked top in the Ease of Living Index released by the Central government here on Monday. The survey has conducted to find the best city to live based on four parameters— governance, social institutions, economic and physical infrastructure.
The findings of the survey were released by Hardeep Singh Puri, Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister
While, Maharashtra’s Pune, Navi Mumbai and Greater Mumbai have become the top three cities, the country’s capital, New Delhi ranked 65 out 111 cities.
Pune is the second largest city of Maharashtra, next to Mumbai. It is considered to be the cultural capital of Maharashtra. Lots of renowned education institutions are in Pune. Almost half of the foreign students in the country are studying in Pune. Considering these factors, Pune is also known as the Eastern Oxford. The city is also famous for the number of IT institutions and Automobile manufacturing companies.
Delhi’s low position was not a surprise due to various reasons, including extremely poor air quality.
Leaving the top three, other cities came under the top 10 are – Tirupati (4), Chandigarh (5), Thane (6), Raipur (7), Indore (8), Vijaywada (9) and Bhopal (10).
Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka that have several big cities those are not mentioned in the top 10. Chennai ranked 14. Three West Bengal cities — Howrah, New Town Kolkata and Durgapur — did not participate in the survey.
Rampur in Uthar Pradesh has ranked the last, the 111-city in the survey.
The union ministry expect the result of the survey based on Ease of Living Index will encourage cities towards an outcome-based approach to urban planning and management.
The index also has a comparison feature that will allow users to analyse performance across cities on various liveability parameters. The standards are linked to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in urban areas.
The Minister also launched a protocol for Swachh Survekshan 2019, which focus on sustainability and encourage large-scale citizen participation and ensure progress towards garbage-free and open defecation-free cities.
