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Sanitation and cleanliness on top of new age mobility firms' agenda

Firms that provide urban commuting warm up to new realities as lockdown relaxes

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Neha Alawadhi Peerzada Abrar New Delhi/Bengaluru

5 min read Last Updated : May 29 2020 | 9:19 PM IST

The Covid-19 pandemic has certainly crippled the sharing economy, and also several new-age companies, especially those focused on providing viable commuting options to urban travelers. As the country relaxes lockdown restrictions, these players who somehow continued to weather the crisis by coming out with newer services, are going all out to win the trust of the customer.

A noticeable way these companies have stayed relevant during the lockdowns is by partnering with businesses classified as essential services, while a few bigger ones have trimmed their workforce in order to cut costs.

In India, where the lockdown was more stringent than

Topics : Coronavirus Lockdown sanitation Cleanliness survey Uber BigBasket

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