We don’t have any truly walkable and global city in India.
Before people jump and say Chandigarh, it's a town and not a metropolis buzzing with opportunities. Here I meant cities with at least 5 million population.
You go to Paris, New York, London, Tokyo, Barcelona and even tier 2 foreign cities like Munich, Manchester, Toronto. You see clear patterns:
All of them have dedicated CBDs and skylines
In CBDs there is a very high density of metro and transit
Broad footpaths in good condition and without illegal construction, electricity poles or carts blocking them (dedicated area for carts)
Roads are paved end to end and lane markings are done every few months
No concept of compounds, boundaries or large compound societies.
Manicuring the trees
Riverfront or sea front
People walk and cycle a lot because it's less chaotic and smooth (they do in SEA as well that has weather similar to India)
Pretty museums or galleries every corner
Everyone follows safety protocols especially construction sites
High tension wires are underground.
Focus on architecture and building codes (no ugly low quality construction)
No illegal sprawl
No Delhi, not Mumbai, not Hyderabad fulfil even 50% of the above criteria. The start to having an actual city is teaching people the importance of all of the above things.