Published 18:07 IST, April 30th 2019
Did You Know - Swiggy Delivery Executives Burn It Down On The Road On Cycles, To Get You Food Deliveries Amounting To 1.5 Million A Month
Swiggy delivery partners cycle their way to your place, for your food.
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It w seems like online food ordering platform Swiggy even hops on bicycles to deliver food you requested, apart from that of deliveries on two-wheeled vehicles. number of orders delivered on what platform claims to be “mechanical cycles” are said to be 1.5 million reportedly during month of March 2019.
This means that delivery executives, carrying food you ordered, have been sweating it out on ro – possibly under intense heat & cold conditions as well. Poor guys! Your food potentially could cause hunger arousal in m. Hence next time your order boxes arrive, see if you could share at least a tenth of food with delivery partner, it should t hurt at all!
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w, coming back to Swiggy delivering orders on mechanical cycles, Swiggy’s Srivats TS who is Vice-President of Marketing at food ordering/delivery platform stated that in certain ecomies, travel time for delivery partners was seemingly less on cycles than it was on two-wheeled vehicles. Here, we certainly do t kw which cities se are, and scene in current metros infested with peak-hour vehicular traffic. food delivery service is also piloting Electric Vehicles (EV) to encour option among its delivery partners which will reduce running cost by up to 40% and result in higher effective pay-outs
“With future heing towards more eco-friendly modes of transport, cycle and EV logistics will be next game changer in food-tech and Swiggy wants to be at forefront of driving that change,” stated Srivats in a press statement, quoted by IANS.
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1.5 Million orders is surely a huge mark – which is said to be achieved by as many as 10000 delivery partners bringing your favourite food. se could well be in tier-2, and tier-3 ecomies where vehicular traffic may t be a cause of concern for citizens residing re. This approach undoubtedly contributes to a greener planet; this looks better when combined with electric vehicles which Swiggy is also said to be having an intense interest in
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16:25 IST, April 29th 2019