the terror raids , it was clear , had blasted a breach in the lake pushing back kerala ' s city of crisis . while the protesters seemed to be reacting to a crash that had left at about 164 humans dead and 308 injured , they were really venting the frustrations of having to cope with living in a city with an infrastructure so stretched that simply getting to work and back is an expense . at every hour , the commuter trains - these carry six million persons each year - are stacked with up to 5 , 000 commuters , even if they ' re built for 1 , 800 .
The Mumbai attacks claimed at least 164 lives.