The police came down heavily on delivery boys of Swiggy, Zomato and other e-commerce platforms as part of enforcing the lock down more strictly since Saturday morning.
They were left stranded at police checkposts across the city, with Hyderabad Police Commissioner Anjani Kumar even issuing a ‘warning’ that police will allow only medical emergency vehicles after 10 am from today.
The tough stand of police in the aftermath of instructions by Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao at yesterday’s video conference with top brass left residents with no option but to manage their daily life devoid of any e-commerce and home delivery support. Most people in the metro cities depend on home delivery of goods during lockdowns, including essentials like food grains and milk.
Meanwhile the police started barricading roads from 9 a.m. itself, and many reported getting stuck in cascading traffic jams as they were trying to return home before 10 a.m. They got stuck at checkposts and were scolded…