Corona lockdown: UP to allow e-commerce firms to make doorstep delivery

Local authorities to issue passes for this purpose; govt also allows unrestricted movement of trucks

In order to ease the availability of food items and other consumables during the lockdown following coronavirus outbreak, the Uttar Pradesh government has relaxed the norms for e-commerce companies, enabling them to make doorstep delivery.

According to UP additional chief secretary (home) Awanish Kumar Awasthi, local authorities would issue passes on demand to e-commerce companies.

“E-commerce companies have been advised to contact the respective district authorities for the resolution of their grievances and issuance of passes,” he told the media here this evening.

Besides, the government has decided to allow unrestricted movement of trucks across the state to ensure that the supply chain