the bomb attacks , it was evident , had blasted a breach in the dam holding back mumbai ' s reservoir of worsening . while the protest seemed to be reacting to a tragedy that had made at least 164 users dead and 308 injuring , they were actually seething the frustrations of having to dealing with life in a suburb with an infrastructure so broad that simply getting to work and back is an ordeal . at peak hour , the commuter stations - having carry eleven million people each afternoon - are packed with up to 5 , 000 buses , odd before they ' re estimated for 1 , 800 .
The Mumbai attacks claimed at least 164 lives.