the terror bombing , it was clear , had shot a hole in the mud pulling back mumbai ' s reservoir of troubles . while the people seemed to be adapting to a accident that had left at least 164 people dead and 308 injured , they were really spewing the anxieties of having to cope with life in a city with an infrastructure so narrow that simply getting to work and back is an enigma . at peaking hour , the commuter services - each carry six 300 tourists each day - are stacked with up to 5 , 000 commuters , even through they ' re construction for 1 , 800 .
The Mumbai attacks claimed at least 164 lives.