Coronavirus: Ninjacart is Helping the Needy people With Subsidized Fresh Produce

Ninjacart is an Bengaluru-based fresh produce supply chain start-up. This has provisioned essential vegetables and fruits to slum areas, orphanages, and old-age homes, at subsidized rates, in the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic-enforced lockdown in India.

For servicing the slum areas, old age homes and orphanages, the company is willing to partner with non-governmental organizations and similar institutions across Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Delhi-NCR, Mumbai, Pune and Ahmedabad.

“Ninjacart has always strived towards changing the way fruits and vegetables reach our plates, along with enhancing the income of farmers, convenience of retailers and ensuring safe food for all. During this time of crisis, it is all the more important that Ninjacart operates to ensure the essential commodities reach every citizen,” said co-founder Thirukumaran Nagarajan, in a statement.

How they are reaching the people?

The coronavirus pandemic and the urgency of lockdown has also resulted in massive shortage of supply for basic essentials and to tackle with that, the company last week began supplying vegetables and fresh fruits to different residential communities and apartments.

Till, now the apartment and communities solution has been made available in all seven cities. Currently, the company is serving to more than 120 apartments on a regular basis. The organisation is facing a high demand and has also pipelined more than 4000 residential spaces, which it said it aims to serve in a week’s time.

Ninjacart sources claims to have delivered 1,400 tonnes of fresh vegetables and fruits from over 20,000 farmers, and to over 60,000 retailers across the country.