Shopkeepers to deliver groceries at doorsteps amid covid-19 outbreak

 

Srinagar, April 27(KNB): Local Shopkeepers across the valley have entered the ardour, with breaking and launching online delivery of food and other essential commodities in major areas of valley, amid the ongoing nationwide lockdown.

Regional shopkeepers have came forward in such frety hour of need when the whole country is currently under the biggest lockdown with around 1.3 billion people asked to stay at home, observe social distancing to combat the deadly virus and have taken a splendid initiative of online delivery in various areas across valley of food, groceries, medical supplies and other essential commodities.

Pertinently, sterling strategy of online delivery not only helped the regional shopkeepers to carry on and sustain their own livelihood but also provided benefit and support to the local people who were tormenting and yearning for day to day lively stuff and essential items.Moreover, the local shopkeepers take all preventive and precautionary measure like social distancing is highly maintained, sanitization is also kept in consideration while delivering the ordered items and daily stuff online.

One of the shopkeeper while talking to Kashmir News Bureau said,” Our business was at the verge of collapsing due to lockdown but online delivery gave us a fresh lease of life, with the online delivery of day to day stuff like milk,vegetables,fruits, groceries and medicinal supplies, local people too are at high benefit as their all daily needs get fulfilled. We also take all precautionary measures while delivering the order, masks, gloves,suilts all are used during delivery,social distancing is also maintained.”

A local resident from Srinagar said, ” In the entire precarious scenario where the number of Positive cases are rising day by day, social distancing is the only way to combat the virus, but in order to sustain basic needs should also get full filled, In such situation, local shopkeepers have came forward with the splendid initiative of online delivery of essential commodities which is really helpful.Just by a single call and placing order, within no time we receive our stuff with proper hygiene and precautions, we are very thankful to the regional shopkeepers for taking such a spectacular step”. (KNB)