In India's fast-growing urban sprawl, much frustrating time is often lost behind steering wheels.
Kolkata, Bengaluru and Pune rank among the world's top five most traffic-congested cities.
TomTom released the 14th edition of its annual Tom Traffic index that examined road congestion across 500 cities globally in 2024, including India's worst-affected.
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Apart from Bengaluru, the other Indian cities featured among the top ten most congested cities globally are: Mumbai at fourth position with 65 per cent congestion (same as the traffic congestion level in 2018) followed by Pune at fifth place with 59 per cent congestion, and New Delhi at eighth position with 56 per cent congestion level.
Let's take a look at 10 cities where travelling is most time consuming.
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Business Standard tracks pollution levels, goods ferried by the Indian Railways and consumer visits to various categories of places, in addition to power generation and traffic numbers to understand the fast-changing situation on the ground.
The TomTom Traffic Index compares travel time during non-congested hours with travel times in peak hours experienced by passenger vehicles.
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Mumbai saw an average 46 per cent decline in congestion during the morning rush hour on Tuesday. New Delhi's data also showed an average 34 per cent decline in congestion during morning.
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