Chennai: The national lockdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus affected several sectors.
While the government announced that the supply of essential services could continue functioning during the lockdown, grocery and daily essential supply faced many challenges across the country.
The lockdown disrupted the supply chain even though the Centre mandated that essential supply will continue as it is, there were several roadblocks affecting smooth operations.
Udaan, India’s largest B2B e-commerce marketplace founded in 2016 by former top Flipkart executives, worked with different government and local authorities to procure passes and get the necessary permits in place.
Udaan said it worked close to 80 percent of their overall operational capacity, while the pharma category alone managed 85 to 90 per cent of the supply and delivered close to two lakh orders in a month during the lockdown.