India's metros fail in urban governance, small cities fare better

Finding is part of a survey conducted by Janaagraha Centre for citizenship and democracy

Bhubaneswar, Ahmedabad, Raipur and Ranchi improve their ranking in the urban governance scores for India's cities, while large cities such as Bengaluru, Delhi and Mumbai have seen governance fail in the last year, says the annual survey of cities systems (ASICS) for 2016.

The annual survey evaluates the quality of governance in 21 cities in India based on urban planning and design, urban capacities and resources, empowered and legitimate political representation and transparency, accountability and participation. The survey was done by Janaagraha Centre for citizenship and democracy, a non profit organisation. 

While Kerala's capital city Thiruvananthapuram retained the number one