Hyderabad, Sep 15 (UNI) Amazon India on Tuesday announced the opening of two new fulfillment centres (FC) and expansion of one existing sort centre in Telangana to create thousands of job opportunities in the region.
The expansion in Telangana is a part of the company’s recently announced plans to add 10 new Fulfilment Centres and expand 7 existing sites, across India.
This expansion will help sellers offer a wider selection and enable faster deliveries of customer orders within the region and neighbouring states ahead of the upcoming festive season, the company said in a release here.
With this infrastructure, Amazon.in now offers storage capacity of more than 4.5 million cubic feet spread across 4 fulfilment centres to further support more than 23000 sellers across Telangana state.
Amazon India has also expanded an existing sort centre to offer an overall sortation area of more than one lakh square feet, in Telangana, the release said.
“Amazon and Telangana have partnered on several initiatives since the commencement of our operations in India with our largest fulfilment centre in the country located in Hyderabad and we are delighted to extend the partnership further with this additional investment in the State helping us deliver safely to our customers at their doorstep , said Prakash Kumar Dutta, Director of Fulfilment Centres and Supply Chain, Amazon India.
This network expansion will help create thousands of work opportunities and it will also provide an economic boost to the Telangana e-commerce ecosystem across packaging, transportation and logistics, Prakash added.
Telangana Government Principal Secretary (IT) Mr. Jayesh Ranjan, said ,“Amazon India’s continued investment in Telangana is a testimony of our business-friendly policies and provision of high quality infrastructure. These new facilities will provide tremendous growth to the SMB sector and create job opportunities for local talent.
The specialized FC in Telangana will store thousands of products in the Large Appliances category consisting of Air Conditioners, Refrigerators, Washing Machines & TVs and from a selection of over 1.2 lakh products covering the entire Furniture range.
The other FC in Telangana will cater to customer demand for products in Smartphones, Consumer Electronics, Appliances, Fashion and Consumables (FMCG) category to name a few.
Robust delivery network with more than 80 Amazon owned and Service Partner delivery stations in the State.
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