Orders pile up for online platforms in Delhi NCR, but delivery staff stay away due to bad weather

Zomato is offering incentives for deliveries during smog, while Amazon is providing N95 masks and reporting a fourfold rise in air purifier demand amid severe pollution in the north. "Earlier, I used to deliver 30-35 orders a day, but now it's gone up to 45-50," said a delivery partner working at Zepto. At night, deliveries take 5 to 10 minutes longer than usual because of the smog, he added.