Hawkers in Bengal set to take the online route

Kolkata | Wednesday | 12th August, 2020

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Kolkata: The hawkers in Bengal are going virtual through home delivery of organic products in the form of vegetables, spices, rice and atta. The Hawker Sangram Committee is all set to launch an app through which customers can place orders for home delivery of these articles. The home delivery app will be a boon for them," said Saktiman Ghosh, Secretary of Hawker Sangram Committee. The operation will be run by West Bengal State Hawker Co Operative Society in which 850 hawkers have already registered. The Hawker Sangram Committee has also earmarked some places for setting up offline centres in Salt Lake Sector-V, New Town,Patuli floating market and a handful of places in Central Kolkata..