India, March 19 -- Mumbai's infamous tiffin service provider, the dabbbawalas on Thursday said they are halting their services till March 31 in a wake of Coronavirus situation. Subhash Talekar, chairman of Mumbai Daabawala Association said the decision was took as a counter measure.

"The decision was taken unanimously, as the Maharashtra government appealed to avoid rush in local trains to prevent Coronavirus, hence responding positively the association decided to suspend the tiffin service in the city," Talekar said to AV.

As the state government proposed to work from home and all firms in the city issued with the same, the tiffin delivery service declined, "Earlier, one Daabawala used to deliver 30 to 35 tiffins in a day, which has sl...