Sexagenarian Yamnaji Ghule is a worried man. The second generation dabbawala is not sure what to make of his future emerging from a pandemic that dished out a b
India Covid crisis: Mumbai s dabbawalas turn delivery partners for restaurants
Web Report/Mumbai
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The tiffin delivery men are also setting up a central kitchen.
Desperation is writ large on the face of Mumbai’s famed ‘dabbawallas’ who for more than a century have been catering to hundreds of thousands of officegoers and factory workers by ferrying lunch from their homes to the workplace in the famous ‘dabbas’. But the Covid pandemic brought an end to it.
However, the dabbawallas – there are more than 5,000 of them in Mumbai – are not one to take things lying down. They have started partnering restaurants and others in the business and are confident of catering to the needs of thousands of people who still look forward to home meals while at work.