Amazon India strengthens tie-up with Railways for faster deliveries amid lockdown
E-commerce giant Amazon India on Monday said it has strengthened its partnership with the Indian Railways and has ramped up its operations to 55 lanes in a bid to permit faster deliveries to customers amid the nationwide lockdown.
This past year, Amazon India had partnered with Indian Railways for inter-city transportation of e-commerce packages on 13 lanes, and had also setup pickup kiosks for customers in Kolkata and Mumbai.
Amazon India will transport consignments via rail in the united states and is leveraging the ‘COVID-19 Parcel Special Trains’ introduced by the Indian Railways to ramp up its procedures to 55 lanes through the lockdown period, it said in a statement.
Indian Railways with the support of the Railway Board and the zones across Western, Central, Northern, Eastern, South Central, Southern, South Eastern, North East Frontier, North Western and South Western have created a proactive solution to supply support for transportation during lockdown.
“This increased network will enable sellers in Amazon India’s network to ship their products across the country and keep their businesses running, thereby, allowing persons to access a more diverse selection of essential products,” the statement said.
Amazon India Director (Amazon Transportation Services) Abhinav Singh said with the support of COVID-19 Parcel Special trains introduced by the Indian Railways, the company is confident it could further fulfil customer orders with increased speed and capacity.
“We are grateful because of this timely decision by the Indian Railways to offer freight movement solutions during these challenging times,” he added.
Under the lockdown - scheduled to get rid of on May 3, e-commerce companies have already been permitted to sell only essential stuff like grocery, healthcare and pharmaceutical products.
The players and industry associations have been urging the federal government to expand the list of essentials to add ‘work from home’ and ‘study from home’ products.
