India - Mumbai - Tiffinwallahs deliverying food by foot

Dabbawallahs (tiffinwallah) travel across Mumbai's using its extensive rail network as well as using their own bicycles delivering freshly prepared home cooked food to office workers throughout the city. This 125 year tradition, unique to the city employs 5000 tiffinwallahs delivering an average of 200.000 meals a day which are kept in the tin dabbas which are delivered by using both bicycle and the city's rail network. The dabbawallahs are distinctive by their impeccable white uniform which includes a Gandhi style cap and a service second to none which is the toast and the praise of enterprises such as Forbes magazine and other blue chip companies in terms of service, punctuality and delivery, Mumbai (Bombay), India

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Dabbawallahs (tiffinwallah) travel across Mumbai's using its extensive rail network as well as using their own bicycles delivering freshly prepared home cooked food to office workers throughout the city. This 125 year tradition, unique to the city employs 5000 tiffinwallahs delivering an average of 200.000 meals a day which are kept in the tin dabbas which are delivered by using both bicycle and the city's rail network. The dabbawallahs are distinctive by their impeccable white uniform which includes a Gandhi style cap and a service second to none which is the toast and the praise of enterprises such as Forbes magazine and other blue chip companies in terms of service, punctuality and delivery, Mumbai (Bombay), India