Courier service start-up to 'Uberise' Mumbai's dabbawala network

App-based courier service Paper N Parcels has tied up with Mumbai’s famous dabbawalas to leverage their network to facilitate door to door delivery of packages within the city.

The founder, 8th-grade student Tilak Mehta called this “Uberising” courier services as leveraging this network of over 5000 dabbawalas also meant deliveries could be made at prices as low as Rs 40 to a maximum of Rs 180. The courier service has a weight limit of 3 kgs.

Currently, the company has over 300 registered dabbawalas working as part of the delivery team and an additional 180 of their own workforce. The