The people of Raipur and Bilaspur can now order fruits and vegetables for home delivery from vendors of their choice through the online portal of the state government on :http://cghaat.in.
Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel had recently launched the portal developed by the state government-owned Chhattisgarh Infotech Promotion Society (CHiPS) and the school education department.
Interested fruit and vegetable vendors have to register for the online service.
It is part of the government’s continuous efforts to provide fruits and vegetables during the lockdown, which has now been extended until May 3, due to the coronavirus outbreak.
After the launch of the website, from 27 towns of the state, 8,525 customers, 1,047 traders and 183 delivery service providers have registered for the online service.
More than 3.21 lakh people have visited the portal while 39 varieties of fruits and 63 varieties of vegetables are available for online delivery.
School education department principal secretary Dr Alok Shukla and CHiPS CEO Sameer Vishnoi held a training session for all district and city officials through video-conference from the CHiPS' office, Raipur on Monday.
Training was imparted to 50 vendors of Raipur city also.
Interested vendors have to register themselves, which will be cleared by the city authorities, Vishnoi said.
The city authorities have to check for adequate stock and delivery facility of the vendor before registering them, he said.
Vendors have to provide the rate list every day, if they don't then they will not be visible to the customers online.