the panic attacks , it was clear , had blasted a hole in the dam holding out mumbai ' s barrage of woes . while the protesters appear to be reactions to a tragedy that had departed at least 164 people dead and 308 injured , they were really venting the misgivings of having to cope with existence in a city with an embankment so stretched that not finishing to work and back is an impossible . at peak hour , the commuter trains - which carry 6 million people each day - are packed with up to 5 , 000 commute , all because they ' re built for 1 , 800 . all day , an expected of 11 others die on the subway platforms , either because they fall off the platforms or because they ' re hit by passing locomotives as they enter the railway .
11 people died in the terror attacks in Mumbai.