Zomato flushed with orders on New Year’s Eve

New Delhi, Dec 31 : With Covid-19 keeping many revellers indoors even on New Year’s Eve, food delivery platforms seem to be having a hard time meeting the sudden spike in demand, with orders on Zomato alone going up to over 3,200 per minute on Thursday evening.
“Our order velocity right now is the highest we have seen in our life so far (approximately 2500 orders per minute (opm)). Surpassed India vs Pakistan day wala opm. And it’s only 6pm! I hope our tech lives through this,” Zomato CEO Deepinder Goyal said in a tweet.
About 45 minutes later, the orders per minute reached 3,200.
The data revealed that Indians are ordering pizzas and biryani in huge numbers from food delivery platforms.
“Curfews across various cities, intended to keep people inside their homes and safe will further boost food delivery demand tonight. I strongly urge our customers to order early if possible, and not wait until the last minute,” Goyal said.
The Delhi Disaster Management Authority on Thursday ordered the imposition of night curfew in the national capital on December 31 and January 1 from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m.