Defining just one city as the worst city to live in India would not be appropriate. Some score good on one index and low on the other. Take a look at the capital of India. Every year Delhi welcomes hundreds of thousands of people from all across India as it has an edge over other cities in terms of infrastructure and employment opportunities. On the other hand, it also tops the list when crime and rape come into the picture. Same goes true for other cities as well. But one thing that is common in every city is the claustrophobic feeling. Above that, most of the cities lack quality of life, civic laws, policies and resources. These rank low on factors like low crime rate, law and order, civic sense, infrastructure, recreational facilities, basic amenities, institutions, accountability and indexes influencing quality of life.
In a study named ET-Janaagraha, residents from 11 cities were interviewed and evaluated on 21 parameters including infrastructure, urban planning and development. Majority of Indian cities scored an average between 2.5 to 4.0 out of 10 in comparison to the global benchmarks of London and New York, which is 9.6 and 9.3 respectively. We talk about creating hi-tech and global cities but the fact is we are not even close to that. We have to work hard on many issues, especially on quality of life to compete at global level and for the overall development of area, city and country.
List of worst cities to live in India
Kanpur – Kanpur is the biggest city in UP and 10th most populous city in India. This industrial hub is regarded as the worst city to live in India because of pollution, congestion and traffic. The city lacks urban planning, safety and is overcrowded.
Delhi – In the past couple of years, safety of woman has become a major concern in Delhi. The capital of India ranks low on safety index. Delhi, along with Bengaluru and Kanpur, is regarded as one of the dirtiest cities in India. Delhi is becoming more and more chaotic in terms of traffic because of increasing number of vehicles on roads.
Mumbai – Worst in terms of traffic, cost of living and ever-growing slums. Pickpocketing is also common in Mumbai. Trains in the financial capital of India are always overcrowded.
Chennai – Chennai has been added to the list of worst cities to live in India for its hot and humid weather. Apart from this, the city has drainage and water problems. Waterlogging is common during the rainy season.
Bengaluru – The IT hub is good at most of the factors but regarded poor in accommodating people from different parts of India. Moreover, the city is crowded and is experiencing an increase in traffic volume. Bengaluru has very narrow roads.
Kolkata – The City of Joy is known for its commercial theatres, literary and artistic heritage but has excessive pollution and ranks low on facilities like modern infrastructure and job opportunities.
You may have visited a city which you feel is not good to live. Share your opinion with us.
London has horrible air pollution. At least I guess that’s the problem. When my daughter and her family visited there a few years ago my youngest granddaughter who had shown no previous problems had extreme watering eyes the entire times. It was so bad strangers kept offering her sympathy. She also lost weight because of it. I know she’ll never visit there again.
London has horrible air pollution….compared to Delhi…are you actually insane!???? What a stupid comment!
I have no idea of what the level of pollution is in Delhi. My ignorance of this fact, however, does not excuse your insulting tone. The air pollution in London WAS very bad and did indeed have a very bad effect on my granddaughter. I’m sure there are many places on this world with worst air pollution, China for instance. I’ve heard that in some large cities there they can not see a blue sky. I never once said London had the very worst air pollution in the world. You have a perception problem, an intelligence problem and you’re very rude!
Please come once to Kanpur or Agra, you would have even worse. You will find London more cleaned place.
I totally agree that Kanpur is the worst city to live in India. Please include the employment opportunities in the list of problems in the city. Every other employer in Kanpur is a crook. I am ashamed with the fact that this city is my birth place. In Kanpur, people are very rude & cunning. They have no respect for anyone. They can anything to earn money.
If you are looking for a job in Kanpur, you are the most helpless person on the earth. Not only employers, even job consultants will always look an opportunity to snatch money from you. It is not just a matter of small employers even if you go to big brands…people will treat you as you have no worth.
In short, this city has no future & its getting worst day by day.
Yes you are right, But in this city many facilities are available, so we can not tell that it’s worst city to live.
I agree to traffic issue but an emergency we can reach to one place to another place.
slum is very help full for poor people & also job less person who can not pay the monthly rent.
Pickpocketing is very common in mumbai city because is a very population city.
So we can not that mumbai is a worst city to Live in India.
Patna is undoubtedly THE worst city in India taking into account aspects like traffic, safety, cleanliness, street lights , lack of public transport and numerous other things..
I think Patna is the worst city in India due to excessive traffic and no civic amenities…
I dont agree that Bangalore is the worst place to live. Due to immigrants especially from the North, Bangalore is losing its glory. Traffic issues are common in all major cities. Only because of this one cannot say the city as worse. Compared to all the cities in north Bangalore is heaven.
Are you telling these are the worst cities?
Have you ever been to Meerut in U.P?
That may change your perception of the term “worst.”
There are no cities in India that is ‘worth’ living. Unfortunately that should not be the case.
Indian cities (most of them) do have access to all natural resources, human capital, but what happened is, Indians managed to push the country to a landscape that is unlivable.
Political, bureaucratic and regular citizens are pushing the country at incredible speeds to a disaster.
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