The race to deliver food and goods within minutes is creating traffic chaos in Mumbai. The traffic police have flagged the widespread use of e-bikes, now often replaced with motorcycles by food delivery apps, as a major contributor to the city’s congestion. This paper’s front page report on the e-bike jam and the avalanche of responses it has evinced, proves this is a hot button topic affecting citizens hugely across the city.

Our report stated that officials stated despite repeated meetings and reminders to food delivery app executives to enforce strict rules and blacklist repeat offenders, concrete action is yet to be taken.