Mumbai's famed dabbawalas who deliver thousands of lunch boxes to the city’s offices every day with clockwork precision will go on a one-day strike tomorrow for the first time in their 120-year history -- in support of Anna Hazare.
“For the first time in 120 years, we have decided to strike work for a day in support of Anna Hazare,” Sopan More, president, Nutan Mumbai Tiffin Box Suppliers Association, told reporters here today. “We will be joining the rest of the country in support of Anna Hazare,” More added.
As part of their one-day strike, more than 5,000 dabbawalas will congregate at Churchgate and hold a march to Azad Maidan, where they will be addressed by their leaders and social workers, More said. The dabbawalas will join thousands of other people from all walks of life who have held protest marches in Mumbai's streets in support of Hazare. For the past two days, people have carried out torchlight processions in different parts of the city in support of Hazare.
