Synopsis
The new directive from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) reverses a recent Maharashtra government order restricting all such deliveries to between 7:00 am and 8:00 pm amid a spurt of Covid-19 cases in Mumbai and rest of state.
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Mumbai is one of the largest markets for food delivery firms such as Zomato and Swiggy.
Mumbai city has permitted online food delivery and supply of essentials via e-commerce platforms round the clock and on all days of the week.
The new directive from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation reverses
a recent state government order restricting all such deliveries to between 7:00 am and 8:00 pm.
Synopsis
With night curfews in place in both Delhi and Mumbai, Swiggy and Zomato have stopped taking orders at 7:30 pm, missing out on peak time for dinner orders.
Mumbai:Food delivery platforms Zomato and Swiggy and the restaurants they work with are already feeling the brunt of the latest round of restrictions imposed by governments in two of their biggest markets.
With night curfews in place in both Delhi (10 pm to 5 am) and all of Maharashtra, including Mumbai (8 pm to 7 am), several large chains have announced closure of their restaurants.
Operations of Zomato and Swiggyhad rebounded to pre-pandemic levels a couple of months ago. But the impact of the latest round of restrictions became evident on Monday itself, when both platforms stopped taking orders at 7:30 pm and missed out on peak time for dinner orders.
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