Telangana scored over Karnataka and managed to grab the country’s largest warehouse. This is the 16th warehouse of the e-commerce giant in the country spread over 2.2 lakh sq ft and is expected to ship out 1.2 lakh items every day once it becomes fully operational. Flipkart opted Telangana over Karntaka after the newest state of the country gave a clarity on the e-commerce taxation.
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The warehouse will have fully automated segregators, profilers to keep a tight check on quality, and automated conveyor belts for sorting inventory. The warehouse is expected to create 2,000 jobs directly and 10,000-15,000 jobs indirectly. With this warehouse, the e-commerce giant is targeting to reach 70% of its customers in South India in a single day.
Currently Flipkart has three fulfillment centers located in Karnataka but the issues arose after Karnataka’s commercial taxes department is insisting sellers to register the fulfillment center as an additional place of business. Already Amazon also left the state.
