Hyderabad, Jan. 3 -- A Zomato delivery worker identified as Mohammed Shanawaz is in a critical condition in a Hyderabad hospital after a serious road accident during a delivery run, prompting fresh questions from gig workers' representatives about safety and social security nets for platform-based riders.

The incident, which occurred late on Friday, January 2, has led to public appeals on social media for timely insurance and financial support for the injured worker's family.

Accident and hospitalisation

According to posts shared by the Telangana Gig and Platform Workers Union (TGPWU), Shanawaz met with the accident while on duty as a delivery partner in the city and has since been undergoing treatment in a critical state at a private ...