Phone Numbers For Grocery Delivery In Nationwide Coronavirus Lockdown

Plagues and epidemics have severely damaged humanity throughout its existence. Often, these widespread diseases and illnesses have changed the trajectory of the past and at times, signaling the end of entire civilizations.

We are lucky to have realized the widespread dangers posed by COVID-19 (Coronavirus) and to have enacted upon the proverb - 'Prevention is better than cure.'

The Hon'ble Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, in his public address of 24th March 2020 at 8 pm, announced that the whole nation will be locked down from the midnight of 25th March 2020 to 15th April 2020, for a total of 21 days.

"If you won't follow this lockdown for 21 days then your family may face setback of 21 years, some families will be devastated forever," said the PM said.

Earlier, the lockdown was till 31st March 2020. This led to panic and people rushing to the local grocery stores and chemist shops to stock up supplies and medicines for 21 days. However, there was no intimation that the amenities of everyday use will not be available during the lockdown.

The following services will remain active during nationwide India lockdown 2020 -

1. Hospitals, Pathologies, and Pharmacies

2. Grocery stores, Veg & Fruit shops, Meat & Fish stores 

3. Milk supply booths

4. Cooking gas supplies

5. Bank / ATMs

6. Telecom services

7. E-commerce (delivering only essential supplies)

8. Limited public transport

9. Food home-delivery

10. Petrol/Diesel pumps

11. Electronic media and Print media

The following services will remain closed during the nationwide India lockdown 2020 -

1. All forms of public transport - Roadways, Railways, & Airways including Metros

2. Factories, workshops, offices, godowns, warehouses

3. Malls, Halls, Gyms, Sports Clubs

4. Weekly regional markets

5. Central and State Government Offices

6. Places of Worship

How do we get our daily groceries, vegetables, and fruits home delivered? 

Our daily life is incomplete without aata, dal, chawal, sabzi, masale, doodh, dahi, paneer, seasonal fruits, etc. The government has facilitated the home delivery of these essential goods via retail chains operating in the city. 

You can call your nearest retail chain on the numbers provided below and order your stock of supplies. The items will be home delivered to you and you can pay after delivery.

Doorstep delivery is currently provided by Big Bazaar, Big Basket, Easy Day (select locations), Grofers, Amazon Pantry, and Flipkart's Supermart, subject to availability, in Mumbai, Bengaluru, Delhi, Lucknow, Ranchi, Noida, Ghaziabad, Nasik, Faridabad, and other cities as listed below.

To order Doorstep Delivery from Big Bazar, follow these steps-

Step 1: At first you need to find the phone number of the nearest Big Bazaar store. (You can check out above given list)

Step 2: After getting the number you need to make a call and place an order.

Step 3: Once you place an order the delivery executives will bring the products to your doorstep.

Step 4: After receiving the products, you can pay them.

Phone numbers of Big Bazaar Stores in Delhi

Phone numbers of Big Bazaar Stores in Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Rajkot, Gandhidham, & Bhavnagar

To order from Amazon Pantry, Flipkart's Supermart, Grofers and Big Basket - 

Grofers, Amazon Pantry, and Big basket both accepting orders through their mobile app. However, they are delivering in selected locations, where the local authorities have cooperated and allowed them to do so.

Why is the Nationwide Lockdown of 21 days done?

There are 2 ways of transmission of CoronaVirus of COVID-19 - (a) human to human transmission and (b) surface to human transmission. 

(a) Human to human transmission occurs when your body knowingly or unknowingly comes in contact with the droplets that come out when an infected person coughs or sneezes. These droplets enter your body and spread the CoronaVirus. This kind of transmission can be prevented by social distancing only and that is why you are told to stay at home.

(b) Surface to human transmission occurs when your body knowingly or unknowingly comes in contact with a surface that has CoronaVirus dwelling on it. Since the life span of Coronavirus is not yet confirmed, any contaminated surface can transmit the disease. This kind of transmission can be prevented by washing hands with a good soap regularly and sanitizing your hands every time you touch any surface. You are advised to wash your hands at least 6 times a day. If possible, set up alarms in your phone for the same.

What precautions can we take while staying at home?

While not much is known about the novel Coronavirus, these are some precautionary measures that we can take. These do not guarantee that you won't catch the disease but surely help you beat the stress in this difficult time.

Even if you don’t have the symptoms or your Coronavirus tests are negative, you can follow this.

1. Consume vitamin C rich foods daily. 

2. Drink hot water as soon as you wake up and before going to bed. 

3. Eat proper nutritious meals, preferably with more proteins. 

4. Drinks lots of water daily, at least 4 liters. 

5. Have proper sleep, 7-8 hours. 

6. Keep yourself active, do some exercises or yoga, to keep your immune system up and running.

7. Wash your hands regularly with soap, especially after touching surfaces.

8. Avoid going on roads or eating outside.

We must embrace the fact that this is for our own good and for our own society. The longer we don't comply with social distancing, the longer we will have to do it. 

Let's be a responsible citizen of this beautiful world.

Let's stay in quarantine.