the hardworking and ubiquitous dabbawalas of mumbai have teamed up with powai residents to participate in the cyclothon carnival this sunday to pedal home the message that cycling is not only healthy for us but also for the environment several members of the dabbawala fraternity will be seen cycling through the leafy lanes of hiranandani gardens but minus their heavy lunch load of shiny dabbas organised by the powaibased young environmentalists programme trust the cyclothon is also expected to be attended by several senior citizens schoolkids and other local gro ups and institutions climate change is the big worrying concern for all so through this endeavour we want to say that if we want to save our environment then cycling is a very simple yet effective option we are also happy that many dabbawalas will also join us giving their sunday dayoff a miss for a change said elsie gabriel founder of young environmentalistssubodh sangle coordinator of the dab bawala association said for the last 125 years we dabbawalas have mostly used cycles to transport lunch boxes to their destina tions a cycle is an ideal machine as it does not make noise and does not use petrol but still helps us get the work done so we are happy to participate in this event