BENGALURU: Cab-hailing platform Ola has deployed its location tracking and geo-fencing technology—Ola CONNECTS—at over 3,800 mandis (markets) in Punjab, in a tie-up with the state's mandi board, to track the movement of farmers and ensure social distancing in the state, said a top company executive.
Thousands of farmers ply between their farms, storage houses and mandis on a daily basis to sell their produce. News reports from Delhi and Rajasthan show that authorities have been struggling to ensure social distancing at wholesale markets and mandis.
Traders in Delhi have been falling short of supplies due to strict social distancing norms applied on truck drivers from nearby states--Rajasthan and Punjab, according to reports.