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Swiggy, Zomato get a reprieve from Maharashtra lockdown


Mumbai: Food delivery apps, reminiscent of Swiggy and Zomato, are allowed to function even after 8:00 pm in Maharashtra through the two-week lockdown within the state, in line with a clarification issued by police authorities on Wednesday night.

This, at a time when e-commerce deliveries by Amazon, Flipkart and their ilk are allowed solely between 7:00 am and eight:00 pm. They don’t seem to be allowed to promote non-essentials both.

“There are not any time restrictions positioned in Tuesday’s order (by the state authorities), they will ship meals after 8:00 pm. Eating places also can stay open however just for takeaways,” DCP S Chaitanya, who can also be the spokesperson for Mumbai Police, instructed ET.

Ashwini Bhide, extra municipal commissioner of Mumbai Municipal Company, took to Twitter to make clear that earlier orders that allowed 24×7 dwelling supply of important providers in Mumbai, stand.

Whereas eating places listed on Swiggy continued to take orders put up 8:00 pm on Wednesday, Zomato stopped operations, citing the state authorities’s tips. Zomato’s CEO Deepinder Goyal identified as a lot in a tweet, however later welcomed Bhide’s tweet clarifying the newest tips.

To make certain, Swiggy’s app for a quick interval did present a notification that owing to the newest tips, it received’t be taking orders after 8:00 pm. The notification was eliminated after ET reached out to Swiggy in search of a clarification. A Swiggy spokesperson stated that meals supply apps had obtained affirmation from Mumbai Police to function as a part of the important service class.

Anurag Katriar, president of the Nationwide Restaurant Affiliation of India, stated eating places weren’t certain if they might keep open as the newest order doesn’t specify timings for meals supply. The supply of confusion was Brihanmumbai Municipal Company’s April 7 tips that allowed 24×7 deliveries of meals and necessities by way of on-line platforms.

“We now have been assured that deliveries will proceed as per the earlier 24×7 order and a clarification might be issued quickly,” Katriar stated.


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