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Mumbai local train vs metro services: Dabbawalas question ban on metro travel
Updated On: 09 October, 2025 10:13 AM IST | Mumbai | Rajendra B. Aklekar
Fisherfolk and dabbawalas ask why they have been prohibited from using the Metro when AC trains will soon allow them, say convenient new service should not become a symbol of division
Dabbawalas wait to load their tiffin boxes aboard a local train at Dadar station. File Pic
As Mumbai’s Metro prepares to reach Colaba, home to the city’s oldest fishing community, not everyone is celebrating. Fishermen and dabbawalas, two of Mumbai’s most integral workforces, say they feel left out of the city’s newest transport revolution. Both communities — the fisherfolk of Colaba and the dabbawalas of Churchgate — have expressed disappointment, saying the Metro must not become a symbol of social divide.
“The fishing community and the Metro, its coaches and stations, don’t go hand in hand. Maybe that’s why fishermen and fisherwomen won’t be able to use these facilities,” said Damodar Tandel, president of the Akhil Maharashtra Macchhimar Kriti Samiti.
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