Bengaluru drops to 95th place in Global Smart City Index
Bengaluru has come down to 95th position from 79th position last year in the Global Smart City Index. New Delhi, Mumbai, and Hyderabad have also witnessed a significant drop in their rankings.
FollowBengaluru: Four Indian metro cities; New Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, and Bengaluru have witnessed a significant drop in their rankings in the global listing of smart cities that was topped by Singapore.
The Institute for Management Development (IMD), in collaboration with Singapore University for Technology and Design (SUTD), has released the 2020 Smart City Index, with key findings on how technology is playing a role in the COVID-19 era.
In the 2020 Smart City Index, Hyderabad was placed at the 85th position (down from 67 in 2019), New Delhi at 86th rank (down from 68 in 2019), Mumbai was at 93rd place (in 2019 it was at 78) and Bengaluru at 95th (79 in 2019).
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“Cities in India (New Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bengaluru) suffer significant drops this year. This can be attributed to the detrimental effect that the pandemic has had where the technological advancement was not up to date,” the report said.
The report further added that “Indian cities have suffered more from the pandemic because they were not prepared”.
The 2020 Smart City Index (SCI) was topped by Singapore, followed by Helsinki and Zurich in the second and the third place, respectively. Others in the top 10 list include Auckland (4th), Oslo (5th), Copenhagen (6th), Geneva (7th), Taipei City (8th), Amsterdam (9th) and New York in the 10th place.
