On the day of the Ram Temple event, Zomato suspended the delivery of non-vegetarian food.

New Delhi: In response to government orders, food delivery app Zomato on Monday temporarily halted deliveries of non-vegetarian items in a few states. The decision coincided with the consecration ceremony of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya.

It was discovered after a customer expressed dissatisfaction on social media, writing on X, the former Twitter platform, that "Zomato is not delivering chicken in Bhopal today lmao," regarding the lack of chicken in the city.  

 

The user surmised that it might have been because there wasn't enough meat available on Monday, the day Ayodhya held its Pram Pratishtha ceremony.It might be as a result of Zomato's decision rather than the lack of meat supply today," the user wrote.

 

Zomato clarified in their response, saying, "Hey, per government notice, we have disabled delivery of non-vegetable items in Uttar Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, and Rajasthan. Hope this clarification helpsOn January 22, all restaurants in the state of Uttar Pradesh made the decision to serve only vegetarian food, according to Varun Khera, the head of the National Restaurant Association of India in Uttar Pradesh. Meat stores in the impacted states were closed on Monday in observance of the consecration ceremony. According to reports, district magistrates in Uttar Pradesh were instructed by Chief Secretary Durga Shankar Mishra to ensure that meat and liquor stores close on January 22.Assam's Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma also announced closing meat shops until 4 pm on Monday for the Ram Temple event. He requested restaurants in the state to avoid serving non-vegetarian food until 2 pm.