Govt extends online food deliveries till 8pm

TNN | Apr 4, 2020, 04:14 IST

Thiruvananthapuram: Government has relaxed the norms for online food delivery service during lockdown by extending the closing time to 8pm from the existing 5pm deadline, hinting at a staggered withdrawal of the restrictions imposed in state to contain the spread of Covid-19.
According to an order issued by the government on Friday, ‘the online/door delivery of food items, including cooked food from takeaway counters of hotels, will be allowed up to 8pm in relaxation of the existing general order’ that allowed shops selling essential items, including takeaway counters, to function from 7am to 5pm.
The new order said that shops selling essential items, including bakeries and counter supply from takeaway counters of hotels, should stop by 5pm. "These shops can operate online delivery till 8pm. Online suppliers shall stop their operations before 9pm every day," it said.