Ahead of the G20 summit in New Delhi, food and e-commerce delivery personnel including Amazon, Flipkart, Swiggy and Zomato will stay off roads for three days from Friday.
In the wake of the world leaders arriving to attend the summit, tight security arrangements are in place. According to Delhi Police, food and commercial delivery services will be shut from Friday to Sunday.
During a press conference, S.S. Yadav, Special Commissioner of Police said that all cloud kitchens, commercial delivery services will be shut due to security reasons.
In the wake of the restrictions, the due deliveries from apps including Amazon, Flipkart will also be delayed.
Meanwhile, certain services including delivery of medical items are exempted from the restrictions.
Lab test reports, sample collection will also be permitted throughout the city as well. Following required verification, vehicles for hotels, hospitals, and other significant installations in the district that are involved in housekeeeping, catering, trash disposal etc..will be permitted.
The summit will be held on September 9 and 10 at the newly-built Bharat Mandapam International Exhibition-Convention centre.
For to and fro commutation from airport, railway station or bus terminals, the police advised people to follow updates on the ‘G-20 Virtual Help Desk’. G20 is likely to hit services of over 300 intercity and express trains. According to Northern Railway, services of 207 trains have been terminated, and terminals of 15 trains changed.
