Online food delivery App Swiggy has announced that t has launched services in eight new cities as it aims to strengthen its presence across the country.

The new cities are Guwahati, Dehradun, Puducherry, Mysore, Vijayawada, Nashik,, Kanpur and Ludhiana, the food order and delivery platform company said in a statement on Thursday.

The company has partnered with over 1,200 restaurants in these cities, it added.

Commenting on the development, Swiggy COO Vivek Sunder said, "Expanding to these eight new markets is very important to us".

Over the years, the company has played an instrumental role in making food ordering and delivery more accessible, reliable and convenient for consumers across the country, he added.

Founded in 2014, Swiggy is an online platform with over 40,000 restaurant partners spread across 27 cities.