Personal mobility takes center stage

Travel isn’t going to be the same for a while and that’s a given. Whether it is your daily commute, getting from point A to point B, or that long awaited holiday break that you were so desirous of embarking on, everything is now going to be a new transformed version of what we’ve been used to in the past.  Following the outbreak of COVID-19 earlier this year, travel and transportation was most significantly impacted. While the rest of the world stayed home, people associated with essential services industries needed means and measures to travel sans compromising on safety. MERU, one of the first ride sharing companies to have established in India, saw this as an opportunity and within no time partnered with major banks across metros, to ferry their employees safely. As a ride hailing service, MERU implemented all possible precautions to ensure that there was no risk to both, their passengers and drivers’ health. To ensure this, the company introduced various measures such as, ultra-hygienic cabs with 7-tier safety measures at every touch point, ozone sanitization treatment, air protect barriers, which separates the drivers from the passengers, along with IPA sprays for frequently touched surfaces in cabs to