How to get curfew pass online for services providing essential goods in Delhi?

To combat spread of COVID-19, country has been placed under complete lockdown, forcing people to stay in ir homes. However, delivery partners who require to move freely inside Delhi, including moving into NCR towns, will w be able to do so through special permission letters.

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Curfew pass in Delhi

Delhi state government has started to issue an electronic curfew pass, kwn as an e-pass which will be available during 21-day lockdown period due to ongoing Coronavirus pandemic. move is an effort to facilitate easy movement of delivery partners within city and in neighbouring areas of ida, Gurugram, Ghaziabad, and Faridabad.

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Who can apply for  online curfew pass?

online pass is meant for service providers who are associated with essential goods and services amidst lockdown due to Coronavirus pandemic. se e-passes will enable m to move for work using which may work as identity cards.

How to get curfew pass online?

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal stated in his address earlier that state is ready for delivery and supply of essentials. He added that delivery partners will be able to apply for e-passes through WhatsApp using an authorised mobile number of district magistrate, which can be found on official website of revenue department. Apart from this, one will also be able to apply for se passes via email. People who wish to apply will simply need to share required information at ddma.delhi@nic.in along with relevant documents of identity and essential service as case may be.

After a request has been made, authorities will issue e-passes through WhatsApp or e-mail, whichever applicable. Once you have received said pass, it will be valid throughout lockdown period. As per Delhi Police, a total of 2400 e-passes were issued until 11 AM on March 25.

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Will online curfew passes bring back E-commerce deliveries?

Ever since curfew came into effect, re have been a number of reports from delivery partners of certain e-commerce platforms who stated of instances where y were stopped and beaten up by law enforcement authorities. Most of delivery partners of BigBasket and Grofers were also stopped in process citing lockdown while attempting to deliver essential items. So, with e-passes, it is expected that law enforcement ncies may t come in between deliveries of essential items to consumers.

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