Dabbawalas are getting paid in good salary because they are a lot more efficient comparing to Uber drivers. From other reports / business review I am reading,

Dabbawalas are getting paid in good salary because they are a lot more efficient comparing to Uber drivers. From other reports / business review I am reading, there are about 200k customers with 5k Dabbawalas workers. That is avg 40 lunch deliveries per person. That is a LOT more efficient than Uber drivers. The Dabbawalas is more efficient because: - built on top of public transit: dramatically lower cost, no need to pay for gas - have a pre set schedule and demand / not on-demand: enable huge supply chain optimization.