E-commerce delivery resumes, but erratic due to lockdown hiccups

MUMBAI/NEW DELHI/BENGALURU : Deliveries of perishable food items may have resumed in fits and starts, but e-commerce deliveries across most cities, barring Bengaluru to some extent, remained erratic as warehouses for most large vendors have not been able to run at full capacity, aggravate by shortage of delivery executives.

Saturday was the fourth day of the 21-day lockdown announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to contain the spread of novel coronavirus infection.

Despite e-commerce and online retail or delivery platforms trying to iron out the creases in the supply and delivery of essential services, some lockdown-related hiccups persist.