By Bizodisha Bureau, Bhubaneswar, March 13, 2018: Bhubaneswar has been ranked 13th in the list of top 20 safe cities of the world according to the Global Smart City Performance Index-2017 by Juniper Research, which was released on Monday.

Bhubaneswar has been placed at the 13th spot in terms of safety as measured by crime levels, mortality and law enforcement services’ efforts to combat these challenges.

Besides, the number one smart city of the country has been ranked 20th in three other categories– Mobility (urban transport systems, including public and private transport. Also includes non-motorised transport solutions), Health (healthcare service delivery for citizens, including access to services and performance) and Productivity (city policies and technologies in use aimed at promoting citizen productivity, democratisation of services and wealth distribution).

Interestingly, Bhubaneswar is the only city of the country to get featured in the top-20 list. Singapore has been placed at the top of the list in all the four categories.

In recent months, Bhubaneswar had won National Planning Excellence and Achievement Awards-2017 awarded by the American Planning Association (APA). This apart, the city had bagged the second runners-up spot at the World Smart City Awards-2016 in Barcelona.