Fast courier service demand for Fast-Growing Cities

The growing Indian urban population has put mobility needs at a higher demand. Many delivery services in Delhi NCR are trying to solve mobility handicap for its urban population migrated from Delhi to the national capital region comprising of Gurgaon, Noida, Faridabad, and Ghaziabad.

As per McKinsey’s report "India’s urban awakening: Building inclusive cities, sustaining economic growth", by 2030 following are the opportunities for India’s growing urban population:

The GDP will be multiplied by 5 by 2030.

• By 2030, 590 million people will live in cities and that would be near twice the population of the United States of America as of today.

• The net increase in the working-age population will be 270 million people by 2030.

• The net new employment that will be generated in the cities by 2030 will be 70%.

• From 22 million as of today, by 2030 the middle-class urban household will increase to 91 million.

• From 42 cities as of today, by 2030 the number of cities that will have a population of more than 1 million will be 68. Europe as of today has 35 cities with a population of more than 1 million.

Mobility handicap

The population in urban cities is increasing at a rapid pace however the infrastructure is not growing at the same pace. The highways and flyovers made between cities have reduced and improved connectivity also facilitated logistics by making it easy for courier pick ups but inter-city the roads and infrastructure still needs a lot of development. While the population is increasing the needs of the population will also grow. At present people from tier 2 and tier 3 cities come to tier 1 urban cities to work. Many people living in urban cities come to live from tier2 and tier 3 cities resulting in nuclear families.

Nuclear set up can be:

• Either single individuals staying away from family or

• A couple living together and both are working or

• Siblings living together without family or

• Couple with young kids and both are working.

In a nuclear set up where single or both the partners are working and later the responsibility of kids makes it even more difficult to complete their chores or do things to accomplish things just from an individual need point of view in these urban cities. This leads to a mobility handicap.

Mobility is affected by other reasons too:

Traffic due to bad infrastructure- In Gurgaon, every day people travel from Delhi, Noida, Faridabad, and Ghaziabad leading to traffic. The traffic is worst during the morning and evening times. For people living in Gurgaon doing normal chores gets challenging due to this traffic. If you forget house keys in the office you cannot even imagine going through that traffic to fetch your keys. Or if you want to distribute wedding cards it will be stressful spending hours to cover a short distance. People in Delhi and Gurgaon have started using same day courier service with courier pickup from home to get these chores done.

Densely populated Urban Cities – The urban cities are so densely populated that it creates further stress on the ability to be mobile. With each household having as many numbers of cars as the number of people in the household makes the road so crowded to travel.

The mobility handicap has given rise to the need for hyper-local space. Many traditional delivery services in Delhi that are reliable and safe but not convenient. There is hyper-local on-demand parcel service in Delhi which is known for its convenience and availability but not for their safety and security. The existing urban population is so huge and the urban population will keep on rising in the next decade. Thus there is an expansive need for hyper-local parcel service in Delhi that is a safe, reliable and secure solution available on-demand conveniently. Many start-ups have already entered the market by providing online courier service that is also on-demand thanks to ease of starting a business because of a lot of government initiatives through Make in India campaign and Start-up India initiatives. Start-ups like Pidge are disrupting the existing space and provide the kind of solution which is not followed in the market.

What does need for Safe, Secure, Reliable, On-Demand and Convenient professional courier service means?

Safe – The package delivered by a professional courier should be in perfect shape and condition. It must delivery courier to the right person.

Secure – The package should be delivered untampered and unopened.

Reliable – A Delivery courier that provides on-time same day courier service. Whether it is one day delivery or not it should be fast courier service.

On-Demand - Delivery courier that is available always. Courier service provides courier pickup from home whenever customer demands. And delivers instantly to the delivery address that the customer has requested.

Convenient – When a customer gets online courier service i.e. you can book courier online. Also, you get courier pick up so that you don’t have to go anywhere. Many startups like Pidge also provide LIVE tracking of the order placed by the customer just like Uber or Swiggy.

India’s growing urban population needs some serious action to be taken in terms of making living in these urban cities stressful for its people. The government has taken many initiatives but for these urban cities to perform in the future and people should be able to deliver up to their potential. The upward mobility of the urban middle class needs infrastructure and support like hyper-local space to meet their personal needs in the process. Upward mobility is moving to a more privileged position. People can move upward in an existing job, like they may get promotions and earn more or work at a better profile. Also moving upward can be with better education people start moving to bigger cities with more opportunities and better facilities. IN the upward move as families are growing smaller and responsibilities are growing bigger people would need more businesses that can help them address their personal needs. It’s a great opportunity space for start-ups.

Pidge is on-demand secure online courier service. We guarantee pick up in 60 minutes same day delivery immediately anywhere in Delhi Ncr. The package is delivered in unique tamper proof bags.