India, May 16 -- A day after foodtech major Zomato removed the rain surcharge waiver from membership programme, its rival Swiggy has followed the suit by ending the rain fee waiver for One members.

Until now, both platforms had waived weather-related surcharges for premium users as part of their loyalty benefits, but that is no longer the case.

According to Swiggy's recent in-app update, "Surge fee waiver during rains won't be part of One benefits. This supports our delivery partners' hard work."

As a result, even users paying for exclusive membership plans will now have to bear the additional 'rain surcharge' during bad weather.

However, shares of both Swiggy and Zomato rallied more than 3% during the intraday trading sessions today....