Mumbai's dabbawalas have always ensured that the city never goes hungry, but now hunger is the battle they are fighting in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. Pleading with the state government to help them out in the crisis, the dabbawalas said that they will not have any money left in a couple of days and survival would be a challenge.

With the lockdown being extended till April 30, the Mumbai Dabbawala Association has sought the government's help. They are of the opinion that as the government has been working out different policies for the welfare of labourers from the unorganised sector, it should look into their problems as well.