the terror acts , it was said , had blasted a hole in the dam holding back mumbai ' s water of woes . while the soldiers looked to be response to a tragedy that had left at least 164 men dead and 308 injured , they were genuinely venting the frustrations of having to cope with life in a region with an infrastructure so stretched that simply getting to home and home is an ordeal . at peak hour , the commuter trains - who carry six million persons each month - are packed with up to 5 , 000 commuters , especially though they ' re built for 1 , 800 . the day , an average of 11 person die on the railway system , either because they jump off the trains or because they ' re hit by passing train as they cross the tracks .
11 people died in the terror attacks in Mumbai.