vijayawada the state government has exempted from the lockdown the ecommerce delivery of all essential goods including food pharmaceutical and medical equipment and home delivery from restaurants and hotels even as a majority of residents stayed indoors on monday markets and shops in the city remained overcrowded doorstep delivery of food and other essential commodities proved to be a lifeline for students and working professionals staying alone in rented accommodations several also opted for the ecommerce route to order groceries from home instead of from brickandmortar storesspeaking to toi m subash a representative of a popular food delivery aggregator said they introduced contactless delivery as a measure against the spread of covid19 the consumers can avail the option of contactless delivery while ordering their food the delivery boy will leave the order at the doorstep of the buyer in a clean environment even the boys are provided with masks and other safety equipment added subashofficials across the state including at the vijayawada municipal corporation vmc closed several nonessential commercial shops on monday several wellknown brands and chains of retail stores were among shops found flouting lockdown norms vmc commissioner v prasanna venkatesh said they will bring commercial establishments to book if they are found violating rules the representatives of these shops should voluntarily come forward and augment the efforts of the personnel involved in the essential services of the municipal corporation even the establishments and organisations which were allowed to run their operations should take necessary measures while dealing with the public said venkatesh