Now, app for home delivery of essentials

TNN | Apr 22, 2020, 05:00 IST

Ranchi: Chief minister Hemant Soren on Tuesday launched yet another mobile application, “Jharkhand Bazaar” aimed at linking buyers and merchants on a digital platform for ease of sale and home delivery of items of daily needs and other essentials through mobile phones. Soren said the initiative is primarily aimed at helping both stakeholders in times of lockdown to ensure smooth flow of items and business.
Referring to another app, Jharkhand Sahayta App, which was launched for stranded migrant workers to send them financial grant of Rs 1,000 and Rs 2,000, Soren said, “Two lakh migrants have registered with the app and the initial technical glitches with the application have been sorted out. We have also linked it with Google playstore.” The latest app, too, is available in the playstore or can be downloaded using the URL https://bit.ly/34Lm5cC, said officials of the state food and civil supplies department, which conceptualized the new app.
On the features of Jharkhand Bazaar, an official said, “After registering on the app, a buyer can get geo-location details of shops — grocery, fruit sellers, vegetable vendors and others within a 2km radius of a consumer’s area along with the phone numbers. Customers can place their orders through the app. If any vendor doesn’t have movement pass, they can generate it online through the app which will be valid for the specific time for delivering the items at doorsteps.”