New Delhi Falls 12 Places and Chennai Emerges as the Most Liveable City in the Country According to the “Liveability Index 2012"

New Delhi Falls 12 Places and Chennai Emerges as the Most Liveable City in the Country According to the “Liveability Index 2012" PR Newswire NEW DELHI, December 26, 2012 NEW DELHI, December 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- South Indian Cities Dominate the top ten Cities Slot as Nagpur, Pune, Nashik, Madurai and Bengaluru Exhibited a lot of Improvement and Have Significantly Risen From Their Previous Low Ranks Highlights - New Delhi losses out by scoring high on the crime parameter. st- Chennai grabs the numero uno position by beating Delhi, which was stable with its 1 rank for the last two years nd- Hyderabad is spotted at 2 position and gained two positions rd th- Other two top metros, Mumbai and Kolkata slide down from their previous ranks and are placed at 3 and 7 position respectively - Kolkata arises as the city with the best supporting infrastructure in terms of residence, drinking water, source of lighting, etc. - Major positive as well negative shifts are noted in the ranks of few cities such as Vijayawada, Gurgaon, Kozhikode, Varanasi, Ludhiana, and Puducherry etc. - The index provides insight into the quality of life available to people and provides evidence on the future state of the city in terms of its liveability. Institute for Competitiveness, India brings forth the third issue of Liveability Index, which assesses 50 prosperous Indian cities on more than 250 indicators.