India, Jan. 1 -- Zomato CEO Deepinder Goyal has said that Zomato and Blinkit recorded their highest-ever single-day order volumes on New Year's Eve, claiming services remained largely unaffected despite calls for a nationwide strike by gig workers. His remarks came a day after several platform workers associated with food and e-commerce delivery platforms such as Zomato, Swiggy and Amazon staged protests demanding better pay and safer working conditions.

In a post shared on X, Goyal said both Zomato and its quick-commerce arm Blinkit "delivered at a record pace" on December 31. He added that support from local law enforcement "helped keep the small number of miscreants in check", enabling more than 4.5 lakh delivery partners across the t...