COVID-19: Online vegetables, fruits homes delivery service attracts Peshawarties in Ramazan.

PESHAWAR -- The online vegetables and fruits home delivery service of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Agriculture and Livestock Department have attracted Peshawarites during the holy month of Ramazan in the wake of COVID-19 outbreak.

The much awaited service were started in Peshawar, Mardan, Abbottabad, Bannu and Mansehra districts where response of people is overwhelming.

Quality and frash varieties are being supplied to people from the online fruits and vegetables centres established in these districts to facilitate thousands of fast keepers during Ramazan besides protecting them from coronavirus.

People of different walks of life are taking great interest in the service in Peshawar where they are being provided fresh watermelon, bananas, melon, strawberry, grapes, kajoor, potatoes, onions, tomatoes, kachalo, lady fingers, cauliflower, pumpkin, ginger, garlic, chilli, capsicum and others season varieties at affordable prices at their doorsteps.

"I prefer to purchase vegetables and fruits from online service because it is fresh and cost-efficient," said Muhammad Arif Khan, a resident of Hayatabad Peshawar while talking to reporter.

He said the service has made deep inroads in push localities like Hayatabad during the two months long lockdown by attracting consumers of all aged groups especially women folk.

"It save my time and energy otherwsie spent while visiting fruits and vegetables markets besides make me and my family safe from COVID-19," said Arif Khan.

Before coronavirus pandemic, he said his relatives brought vegetables from my hometown Pabbi but due to COVID-19 crisis and Ramazan, he turned towards online home delivery service of the KP Government.

Shafiq Khan, a resident of Hayatabad said the service was a positive intiative of KP Agriculture Department...