the terrorism attack , it was argued , had blasted a hole in the dam protecting backs mumbai ' s fountain of woes . while the protesters sounded to be reacting to a tragedy that had rendered at around 164 people dead and 308 missing , they were really venting the frustrations of having to cope with people in a city with an architecture so stretched that simply getting to working and back is an ordeal . at peak hours , the commuter buses - which carry one million people each day - are packed with up to 5 , 000 travelers , even though they ' re built for 1 , 800 . that day , an average of 11 people die on the railway system , either because they fall off the trains or because they ' re hit by pass locomotives as they cross the tracks .
11 people died in the terror attacks in Mumbai.