<p>New Delhi: Food aggregator <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/zomato">Zomato</a> has launched a crowd-supported weather infrastructure network consisting of 650 on-ground stations to provide real-time information on key parameters such as temperature and rainfall, its co-founder and CEO <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/deepinder-goyal">Deepinder Goyal</a> said on Wednesday.</p>.<p>The network, weatherunion.com, provides localised, real-time information on key weather parameters such as temperature, humidity, wind speed and rainfall, among others, Goyal said.</p>.Zomato hikes platform fee to Rs 5 per order, terms it 'business call'.<p>In a post on micro-blogging platform X, Goyal said that weatherunion.com, which is presently available in 45 large cities, shall be expanded to other Indian cities 'very soon'.</p>.<p>"At Zomato, it was crucial for us to have access to precise and real-time weather information to make the right business decisions to serve our customers better. Hence, we took it upon ourselves to develop a solution capable of empowering us on this front," Goyal stated.</p>.<p>He also informed that a lot of Zomato employees have hosted weather stations at their homes.</p>.Zomato introduces India's first 'large order fleet', to serve groups of up to 50 people.<p>"As we look forward to further expanding this infrastructure, we welcome volunteers who want to provide us space on their premises to install these weather stations and contribute to nation-building," Goyal said.</p>.<p>He shared that all institutions and companies will be provided 'free access' to the weatherunion.com database for public good.</p>.<p>"Multiple companies and public institutions should use real-time weather data, to boost the productivity of our economy," the Zomato CEO stated.</p>
<p>New Delhi: Food aggregator <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/zomato">Zomato</a> has launched a crowd-supported weather infrastructure network consisting of 650 on-ground stations to provide real-time information on key parameters such as temperature and rainfall, its co-founder and CEO <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/deepinder-goyal">Deepinder Goyal</a> said on Wednesday.</p>.<p>The network, weatherunion.com, provides localised, real-time information on key weather parameters such as temperature, humidity, wind speed and rainfall, among others, Goyal said.</p>.Zomato hikes platform fee to Rs 5 per order, terms it 'business call'.<p>In a post on micro-blogging platform X, Goyal said that weatherunion.com, which is presently available in 45 large cities, shall be expanded to other Indian cities 'very soon'.</p>.<p>"At Zomato, it was crucial for us to have access to precise and real-time weather information to make the right business decisions to serve our customers better. Hence, we took it upon ourselves to develop a solution capable of empowering us on this front," Goyal stated.</p>.<p>He also informed that a lot of Zomato employees have hosted weather stations at their homes.</p>.Zomato introduces India's first 'large order fleet', to serve groups of up to 50 people.<p>"As we look forward to further expanding this infrastructure, we welcome volunteers who want to provide us space on their premises to install these weather stations and contribute to nation-building," Goyal said.</p>.<p>He shared that all institutions and companies will be provided 'free access' to the weatherunion.com database for public good.</p>.<p>"Multiple companies and public institutions should use real-time weather data, to boost the productivity of our economy," the Zomato CEO stated.</p>