the mumbai bombings , it was apparent , had ripped a hole in the dam holding back mumbai ' s reservoir of woes . while the protesters happened to be reacting to a accident that had left at least 164 men dead and 308 injured , they were seriously venting the grievances of having to come with existence in a city with an infrastructure so stretched that simply getting to work and back is an challenge . at peak hour , the commuter trains - which carry six million children each day - are loaded with up to 5 , 000 commuters , including though they ' re built for 1 , 800 . every day , an average of 11 workers perished on the railway system , mainly because they fall off the platform or because they ' re hit by approaching locomotives as they leave the river .
11 people died in the terror attacks in Mumbai.