new delhi despite covidinduced lockdowns keeping a large number of vehicles off the roads in 2021 mumbai and bengaluru have been ranked 5th and 10th in the global ranking of urban congestion during the period while delhi and pune occupied the 11th and 21st spots among 404 cities across 58 countries according to a report by a global location technology companyhowever the congestion level in delhi during 2021 was 14 less than 2019 while in mumbai bengaluru and pune the level dropped by 18 32 and 29 respectively said the report the four cities featured in tomtom traffic indexs global top 25 list istanbul topped the list followed by moscowthe report released on wednesday said indias congestion level in 2021 was 23 lower than precovid times with a decrease of 31 specifically during peak hours in 2020 the traffic congestion in three big indian cities mumbai bengaluru and delhi made it to the top 10 list in the last edition of the traffic index report while mumbai was ranked second bengaluru was at sixth position and delhi eighth among 416 cities across 56 countriesaccording to the report congestion level in delhi came down to 48 points in 2021 from 53 points in 2019 and the peak traffic congestion also reduced by 17 in 2021 the city saw its worst traffic day on august 21 when it recorded the worst rainfall in a day the waterlogged pockets caused widespread traffic logjams and increase in congestion levelssachin tyagi strategic automotive business development manager of tomtom told toi globally peak hours shifted in almost 40 of the cities and thats due to the changes in our working habits with work from home becoming predominant and online conferences replacing physical meetings he said this could be one of the reasons why bengaluru which has a high number of it firms saw a sharp decline in congestion level during 2021watch here are the indian cities that are among top 25 most congested cities in world