Pune Set to Become Seventh Metro City in India, Says an Assocham Report

 With development catching up fast in Pune, the city is all set to join the league of six metropolitan cities in India, according to an ASSOCHAM Eco Pulse (AEP) Study.

The AEP Study titled The seventh emerging metro city in India analysed four Tier II cities including Pune, Ahmedabad, Lucknow and Chandigarh, ranking them on eight parameters necessary for a metro city. They included social infrastructure, infrastructure availability, real estate cost and availability, transportation facility (connectivity), presence of quality educational institutes, employment opportunity, facility of financial services and business environment.

 According to the data, Pune occupied the first position though it still needs to improve on transportation, social infrastructure and financial services.

Ahmedabad was the second potential city providing good infrastructure, facilities and connectivity. Lucknow was placed third as it needed to pick up on infrastructure, business environment and social infrastructure.

Chandigarh, the smallest city among the four in terms of area and population was ranked fourth. It stood first in financial services and business environment.

 "There is a grave need for a seventh metro city in our country as the present six metro cities in India are facing immense pressure of rising migrant population, crumbling infrastructure facility and manpower crunch, along with exhausting office and residential space and rising rental cost," an ASSOCHAM spokesperson said. At present, there are six metro cities in India including Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Bangalore and Hyderabad.

                                                                                         Courtesy:- HT dtd:- 1st Nov 2008