The Print : Amul to SpiceJet to Railways — Supply chain heroes are making sure India runs in lockdown

From Amul, which managed almost seamlessly to continue pick-up twice a day from its 36 lakh dairy farmers across 18,700 village cooperatives and supply to its eventual users in 1,000 cities and towns, to the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation, which within a night, got 10 e-rickshaws painted in vibrant colours and used it as a vehicle to supply vegetables in the city; from India Post, which used its iconic red vans to ferry medicines, PPE kits and financial services (such as pensions) within cities, to a coalition of 30 NGOs called Rural Community Response to Covid-19 (RCRC), which used its reach of six million and its cadre of 10,000 women from self-help groups to provide food to returning migrants, they kept the kitchens going and the hospitals functioning. As confusion prevailed over the definition of essential services and method of obtaining curfew passes, a few good men and women kept India’s supply chain oiled.

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