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World Service,4 mins

The Dabbawalas of Mumbai feeding the homeless

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Every Monday to Saturday in Mumbai, 5,000 delivery men hand deliver 200,000 hot lunches to offices across the city. The men who deliver them are called the Dabbawalas and their efficiency and knowledge of the city has made them world famous. Now, one of them has come up with a way of using their expertise for feeding Mumbai's workers to feed the city's homeless. Reporter Chhavi Sachdev went to find out more. (Picture credit: Rob Elliott/AFP/Getty Images.)

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