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.