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Mumbai:
A day after three blasts rocked India's financial and
entertainment hub, Mumbaikars with their unshakable spirit
Thursday ventured out of their homes and resumed their daily
chores.
On Wednesday evening, at least 17 people were killed and 131
injured as three blasts ripped through the city -- at Dadar in
central Mumbai and Zaveri Bazaar and Opera House in south Mumbai
-- making it the worst terror attack since the 26/11 savagery.
The city's lifeline -- the Western Railway, Central Railway and
the BEST buses -- had the usual crowds of office-goers this
morning.
"Today, on account of very heavy rains in the city and Thane, a
few people decided to stay put at home, but a majority are out as
usual," Kiran S.V., an executive who works in Worli, barely three
kilometres from the scene of blast in Dadar, told IANS.
A resident of Mira Road suburb of Thane, she said even her two
children went to school "as usual" and everything appeared to be
like any other day.
Archana Shukla, who works in south Mumbai, said that she "never
even expected" suburban trains to run empty today.
"I am a Mumbaikar and we shall not be scared by these terror
attacks. Like me, lakhs of co-commuters are in the trains, buses
and roads. It actually gives strength to each other," Archana
said.
Mehul Shah, a tax consultant from Malad, said he started 15
minutes early for his office, anticipating delays on account of
the rains and was happy to notice that thousands of other
commuters had also started early for work.
Similarly, schools, colleges, shops and commercial establishments
were open and working as usual all over the city and suburbs.
Meanwhile, train services on the Central Railway were disrupted
Thursday morning due to heavy rains since Wednesday.
A railway official said that there was waterlogging on the tracks
between Thane-Kalwe stations, leading to delays and disruption in
services.
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