Mumbai country's most congested city in 2021: Report

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Mumbai was the country's most and the world's fifth-most congested city of 2021 as per the TomTom Traffic Index based on study of 404 cities across 58 countries. Another Maharashtra city, Pune, ranked fourth in India among most congested cities.

According to the index, Mumbai's worst traffic day was on August 21, 2021.

TomTom index, now in its 11^th year, provides real-time traffic management and historical traffic congestion data to help governments plan their infrastructure projects and initiate more public transport schemes.

This year, the Maximum City's congestion level was at 53 per cent, followed by Bengaluru and New Delhi at 48 per cent.

Percentage of congestion level means the extra travel time a driver has to spend for reaching from one spot to another over and above the time required in the normal and free-flow traffic situation.

A 50 per cent congestion level implies that on average, travel times were 50 per cent longer than during uncongested conditions. This means a 30-minute drive in free-flow condition will require 50 per cent more time, or 15 more minutes more to cover the same distance when congestion is at 50 per cent.