With big ambitions in India, the retail giant has recruited hundreds of
small businesses to get packages to the most remote customers —
including those 11,562 feet up in the Himalayas.
LEH, India —
Perched high in the Himalayas, near India’s border with China, the tiny
town of Leh sometimes seems as if it has been left behind by modern
technology. Internet and cellphone service is spotty, the two roads to
the outside world are snowed in every winter, and Buddhist monasteries
compete with military outposts for prime mountaintop locations.
But
early each morning, the convenience of the digital age arrives, by way
of a plane carrying 15 to 20 bags of packages from Amazon. At an
elevation of 11,562 feet, Leh is the highest spot in the world where the
company offers speedy delivery.READ MORE
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