Quality of Living Stats from Mercer Show that Indian Cities have a Long Way to GO
BENGALURU: In any society, the well being of each of its members is of utmost importance for the society itself to thrive. This well being of the crowd is also referred to as Quality of Living. As individuals, we always look for a better environment and a better crowd with whom we would prefer to mingle. We seek out places with lower pollutions and crime rates and better education among other general amenities. Mercer in New York has come up with a list of 230 cities worldwide based on their quality of living. The survey is dubbed – Quality of Living Rankings 2016.
The first on the list is Vienna. The Austrian capital has been rated as the city that provides the best quality of living for the third consecutive year now. Fellow European cities Zurich and Munich occupy the 2nd and 4th positions respectively. Auckland and Vancouver along with the previous three make up the top five of that list. Ranked at 26, Singapore is the highest ranked Asian city followed by Seoul on 73 and Dubai on 75.
India has a lot of catching up to do as the quality of living is pretty poor compared to most of its compatriots. Hyderabad, the highest ranked Indian city, is placed at lowly 139 followed by Pune on 144, Bangalore on 145, Chennai on 150 and Mumbai on 152. The National capital New Delhi is the lowest of the lot, placed at 161, just below Kolkata which is at 160.
Even though the stats are against them, there is still hope for improvement in the coming years for the Indian metropolitans. With innovative startups in varying fields popping up left, right and centre, investors are looking at India as their opportunity to carry their businesses further with Bengaluru and Hyderabad as the main hubs of interest. The vocational and westernized cultural pull of these cities has seen large influx of the educated populi in search of a more fashionable life style. With such a drastic change in the community, there is a cry for better sanitation, pollution check and education. With the government coming up with initiatives like the Swachh Bharat a.k.a Clean India, the odd-even rule in Delhi, where on alternating days cars with even and odd number plates should not be driven and also the make in India initiative, it is a hopeful sign of better things to come.
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