With just three days left for the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to complete a survey on the city's livability index as part of the Ease of Living Index 2019 launched by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, only 14,000 citizens of the city's 1.2 crore population have filled in their responses. The civic body wants at least 2 per cent [2,40,000]of the population to take part in the survey considering the poor response would lead to a dip in their rank. In the 2018 survey (citizens' participation was not included), Mumbai had ranked third in the livability index.

The Ease of Living Index 2019 survey includes 114 cities of the country and the ranking is based on the sole criterion of livability index. Speaking to mid-day, mayor Kishori Pednekar said, "We want more citizens to come forward and fill in the survey. We will also ask corporators to spread the word in their respective wards and through their social media networks to engage more citizens in the process." When asked why the appeal was coming out so late, she said, "We have been advertising through various mediums but now it's important to involve everyone in rating their city on a high scale."