

Updated On: 24 August, 2024 07:23 AM IST | Mumbai | Rajendra B. Aklekar
The Dabbawalas highlighted the need for luggage compartments just like is present on local trains

As per current regulations, only luggage of certain dimensions is allowed on the Metro. Pic/Anurag Ahire; (right) Kiran Gavande, a dabbawala, working near Swami Narayan Mandir in Dadar. Pic/Ashish Raje
Mumbai is getting speedier day by day and the new Metro lines coming up are the order for the new public transport modes of the city. But it would be unfair if the working class is kept away from these new transport modes and Mumbai`s growing pace and growth. This is what the Mumbai dabbawalas have appealed to the Chief Minister of Maharashtra while demanding a luggage compartment in the Metro and Mono trains.
“The suburban trains that run have such fixed luggage compartments with dedicated slots for the dabbawalas of Mumbai and the Metro should replicate the model,” Subhas Talekar, president, of Mumbai Dabbawala Association told mid-day.