Flipkart adds new warehouse centres in Haryana; to create 12,000 job opportunities
- ByAyushi Ray | September 10, 2021
Flipkart adds new warehouse centres in Haryana; to create 12,000 job opportunities. With this expansion in the state, Flipkart now has a total of 17 fulfilment centres (FCs) in regions such as Binola, Bilaspur, Luhari, Ballabgarh and Farrukhnagar, and spread across an area of 44 lakh sq ft, creating around 22,000 thousand direct and indirect job opportunities. The new fulfilment centres (warehouses) will help create deeper capabilities to support thousands of sellers, MSMEs, and small farmers from the state to cater to the growing customer demand, create more employment opportunities while enabling faster deliveries for consumers, a statement said.
Fulfilment centres are specialised facilities where products are received from sellers across the region, processed and packed, and then sent to sortation centres and delivery hubs for delivery to customers.
The new facilities will serve sellers of large appliances, furniture, mobiles, apparel and electronics and are located in Sankpa, Yakubpur, Kulana, and Rewari, with a total area of more than 12 lakh sq ft and a storage capacity of over 30 lakh cubic feet, Flipkart said. “More than 13,000 sellers from the state will get augmented support to reach lakhs of new customers nationally and create additional 12,000 direct and indirect jobs in the state, thereby strengthening the state economy,” it said, adding that these facilities will help serve customers from Haryana and nearby regions.