the terror attacks , it was reported , had blasted a tunnel in the dam holding out goa ' s reservoir of woes . while the protests seemed to be reacting to a tragedy that had leaving at best 164 individuals dead and 308 injured , they were really venting the frustrations of having to cope with life in a city with an endowment so stretched that simply getting to home and back is an enigma . at peak hour , the commuter trains - which have five million people each day - are packed with up to 5 , 000 commuters , even then they ' re built for 1 , 800 .
The Mumbai attacks claimed at least 164 lives.