Delhi Residents Happy With Quality Of Life Yet Feel Unsafe

New Delhi: Residents of Delhi, having the highest per capita income in the country, are happy with the quality of life but at the same time feel unsafe in the city, an official report said.

"Delhi's average per capita income, at more than 2 lakh per year in 2012-13, is the highest in India," said the Delhi Human Development Report 2013.

The report was released by Vice President Hamid Ansari along with Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit at a function.

"Citizens of Delhi are satisfied with the quality of life they lead as assessed on the basis of indicators like employment, education and healthcare. Satisfaction levels may vary across age, gender, social groups etc. but the variation is not large," said the report.

"The household income was considered to be stable by more than 60 percent of the people," it said further.

Basic amenities like water, sanitation, and electricity have improved greatly in Delhi in the last ten years but barring electricity supply, disparities in the access to these services continues to prevail, said the report.

"Delhi has seen an overall improvement in housing between 2001 and 2011, with housing shortage declining from around 2.5 lakh to 1.5 lakh. However, an estimated 50,000 people are homeless.

While around 80 percent of households receive water within their premises, in poor localities, the supply is plagued with shortages.

"Around 70 percent of the respondents in unauthorized colonies and 40 percent in slum clusters rated the water supply in the capital as below average."

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