Snapdeal has resumed operations in 96 cities covering more than 15,000 pin codes.

Other than metro cities, the list also covers smaller cities like Agra, Bhopal, Dehradun, Jalandhar, Kanpur, Lucknow, Jaipur, Kota, Nashik, Patna, Raipur, Surat etc.

The current operations cover essential goods in high demand and include grocery items like rice, tea, coffee, atta etc. Also, supplies of household cleaning supplies are being prioritized.

To boost supplies, Snapdeal has tied up with local grocers and wholesalers to make fast intra-city deliveries. It is also tying up with local Kisan Mandis in metro cities so that staples like pulses, salt, sugar, cooking oil and other packaged food items like biscuits, juices can be made available locally in a cost-effective manner.

While the inter-city movement of goods has now resumed, Snapdeal has also focused a lot of effort in the last week to build supplies for deliveries within the city. This has helped it continue supplies even as stocks in transit were stuck on the road and in warehouses across the country.

Snapdeal has made available disposable masks in Delhi, Gurugram, Noida & Ghaziabad and is seeking to expand the availability to select other cities.

While Snapdeal continues to accept orders for both essential and non-essential goods, the delivery for the latter is planned post the lock down period.

A large number of orders have been placed for Glucose monitors, sugar testing strips, BP monitors etc that users across smaller cities use regularly to manage ongoing medical conditions.

As a measure of immediate contribution, all Snapdeal employees have decided to donate a day’s salary to the PM-CARES fund that seeks to provide emergency assistance to those in distress due to the on-going lock down.