New Delhi, Jan. 1 -- Amid gig workers' calls for strikes, Zomato and Blinkit delivered over 75 lakh orders at "records pace" on New Year's eve, founder Deepinder Goyal said on Thursday, adding that this was achieved without any extra incentives for delivery partners besides higher payouts on NYE compared with other days.

"Zomato and Blinkit delivered at a record pace yesterday, unaffected by calls for strikes that many of us heard over the past few days," Goyal said.

He stated, "Support from local law enforcement helped keep the small number of miscreants in check, enabling 4.5 lakh+ delivery partners across both platforms to deliver more than 75 lakh orders (all-time high) to over 63 lakh customers during the day", noting that "this ha...