As Telangana Police tighten lockdown implementation, e-commerce delivery boys suffer

The police got here down closely on delivery boys of Swiggy, Zomato and different e-commerce platforms as a part of imposing the lock down extra strictly since Saturday morning.

They had been left stranded at police checkposts throughout the town, with Hyderabad Police Commissioner Anjani Kumar even issuing a ‘warning’ that police will permit solely medical emergency autos after 10 am from right now.

The powerful stand of police within the aftermath of directions by Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao at yesterday’s video convention with high brass left residents with no possibility however to handle their day by day life devoid of any e-commerce and residential delivery help. Most individuals within the metro cities rely on residence delivery of products throughout lockdowns, together with necessities like meals grains and milk.

Meanwhile the police began barricading roads from 9 a.m. itself, and plenty of reported getting caught in cascading visitors jams as they had been making an attempt to return residence earlier than 10 a.m. They obtained caught at checkposts and had been scolded by police for not reaching residence in time.

“I was stuck in traffic because of police barricades from 9 am, and by 10 am cops started harassing me at every checkpoint on the way home. I told them there was a traffic jam because of police barricades from 9 am itself but they would not listen,” a resident of Kondapur stated, including that it was the identical in Banjara Hills too.

“They were asking why I did not go out at 6 am and come back home earlier. I told them no shops are opening before 8 am but they scolded me and accused me of making silly excuses. This is the new situation every day as most people in my family and colleagues went through the same,” he stated.

“My wife and I started from Secunderabad at 8.30 to reach Malakpet well in time. But, the traffic was the worst today. And we were stopped at 10.20 am and our car was seized. Makes no sense to pay the price for unmanaged traffic which was actually the reason behind us being late,” stated Deekshith Vemuganti, who’s the advertising and marketing head of a personal firm.

When requested about how we might return residence after our automotive was seized, a impolite Sub-Inspector responded insolently saying ‘stroll your approach again residence. we do not care’, he complained.

When contacted, many app-based delivery companions from Zomato, Swiggy, Dunzo and different e-commerce platforms advised The Puucho their autos had been seized after 10 am on Saturday and so they had been advised there isn’t any permission for anybody besides ambulances.

The delivery companions needed to inform their respective corporations, clients and accomplice shops, all of whom had been shocked by the event. Policemen supplied no different rationalization and insisted that warnings had been issued on their social media earlier than implementing the lockdown strictly, delivery executives stated.

Police throughout the State have adopted robust arm ways in opposition to individuals discovered on roads in violation of lockdown restrictions since morning, and at many locations they used manpower. At Mehdipatnam, Begumpet, Kondapur, Gachibowli, LB Nagar and different areas, the khakis detained the delivery executives and seized their autos.

Meanwhile, Director General of Police M Mahender Reddy himself supervised the implementation of lockdown within the metropolis.

“People should come out only for medical emergencies. All vehicles seized during lockdown will be released only after lockdown is lifted,” Mr. Reddy stated. Not solely him, however chiefs of three city police commissionerates – Hyderabad, Cyberabad and Rachakonda, Anjani Kumar, VC Sajjanar and Mahesh M. Bhagwat, respectively, monitored the scenario from floor. They visited a number of areas of their jurisdiction.