The Capital lags behind other Indian cities when it comes to urban planning, infrastructure, transparency and leadership in municipal governance, a report released here on Monday said. As per the Annual Survey of India’s City-Systems by Jaanagraha, a Bangalore-based NGO, Delhi ranked an overall six out of 21 Indian cities surveyed across 18 States. In 2014, the Capital was ranked fifth. On transparency, accountability and participation, Delhi fared poorly, getting a score of 2.8 out of 10. For urban planning and design, the Capital scored 3.7. For urban capacities and resources, however, Delhi’s score was better at 4.3. And on empowered and legitimate political representation the score was 3.7 On average, Delhi scored 3.7, while the highest score was 4.2 – accorded to Mumbai and Thiruvananthapuram. Kolkata and Pune also scored higher than Delhi, while Bhopal got the same score. Even though the city has spent a lot on information systems, the websites of the municipalities score very low on transparency, with even the basic information of the budget not available. The fact that there are multiple authorities in charge of civic amenities affects services, and there needs to be a conversation on the issue. The lack of adequate low-cost housing in Delhi’s masterplans since the 1960s has led to mushrooming of unauthorised colonies as well as their regularisation over the years. The report added that 30 per cent’s Delhi’s population lived in such colonies. On financing its own projects, the city did quite well. In 2013-2014, 76.5 per cent of the total expenditure was from the city’s own revenue. Srikanth Viswanathan, Jaanagraha’s coordinator for advocacy and reforms, research and insights, added that Delhi was the only city that had ward-level plans. He said this was good from a planning perspective, but the impact was yet to be studied.