Non-profit body Janagraha also finds Surat among top five liveable cities in the country
Tired of living in your own city? Not anymore.... Ahmedabad is the 7th most livable city in India, says Bengaluru-based Janagraha, a non-profit organisation's report. The rank of the city has gone up by seven ranks as compared to the last study. What's more surprising is that Surat ranks among the top five livable cities.
The fifth edition of the report, Annual Survey of India's City-System (ASICS), says among the 23 cities which it has studied, Ahmedabad secured the 7th position. The city is much ahead of Mumbai, Bengaluru and Chennai.
The study was conducted in the urban regions, depending upon the practices on garbage solution, utilizing funds from the central government. A questionnaire was prepared on four topics such as Urban Planning and Design (UPD), Urban Capacities and Resources (UCR), Empowered and Legitimate Political Presentation (ELPR) and Transparency, accountability and Participation (TAP).
Ahmedabad secured 4.4 out of 10. This is not great score when compared to the cities like New York and London which scores 8.8, the report stated. The rankings were based on law, policies, budget and audit reports and looking at the master plant of the particular cities. There are 89 questions for the survey.
"Ahmedabad has improved its ranking compared to other cities. Pune has also done extremely well. The Maharashtra city a is very strong on its financial part. Its organisational policies are relatively stronger the other cities," said Vivek Nair, associate manager – advocacy and reforms, Janaagraha.
The city doesn't give incentives for green buildings.
In the list, many cities are giving incentives for the green buildings such as New Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Kolkata, Jaipur etc. However, the Ahmedabad administration does not give incentives for green building. City scores zero in this component.
"The concept of green building is very subjective. There is no proper definition. Ahmedabad is far more progressive than many other cities in terms of planning," said Rutul Joshi, associate professor at CEPT.
KEY FINDINGS
- Improvement in per-capita capital expenditure, on average in the last three years
- Audited annual financial statements made available online. Only 12/23 cities have made it available online
- Improved performance on AMRUT reforms such as appointment of internal auditor, credit rating and publishing of e-newsletter
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