The two-wheeler delivery service enables residents to send and receive items from each other within city limits. It was launched in May last year and is now available across 26 cities including Delhi NCR, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Chennai, Lucknow, Ahmedabad, and Chandigarh among others
Ride-hailing platform Uber on Monday said it has doubled the number of two-wheelers deployed for its package delivery service Uber Connect in the country.
The company, however, did not disclose the number of vehicles that operate under ‘Uber Connect’, a service that was launched last year in the country. The two-wheeler delivery service enables residents to send and receive items from each other within city limits. It was launched in May last year and is now available across 26 cities including Delhi NCR, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Chennai, Lucknow, Ahmedabad, and Chandigarh among others.
Uber, in a statement on Monday, said demand for Uber Connect has tripled in May, with many people using the service to transport essentials like grocery, non-prescription medication, medical devices, and care packages to family and loved ones. The service is also being used to deliver essentials and home-cooked meals to COVID impacted communities.
Uber India and South Asia Head of Strategic Initiatives Tarun Gupta said, ‘As demand increased for the service during the second wave of the pandemic, we had to ramp up the numbers of two-wheelers on the platform to better serve the evolving needs of our communities, along with creating new earning opportunities for drivers.’
PTI
Source: Business World
