Wednesday 12 July, 2006

The Morning After - updates

7 deadly bomb blasts, 190 people dead, over 400 injured.

Western railway services are back on track between Andheri and Churchgate, services between Virar and Borivli not running. Many long distance trains to Gujarat have been cancelled. More details on inbound and outbound train schedules available here.

Additional security is being provided in the trains.

Many long distance trains to Gujarat have been cancelled -

People are going to work - although shaken, many say they are not going to sit at home.

Sources: NDTV, CNNIBN

Update at 2 pm:

DGP Maharashtra talks to media - says 183 dead and 714 injured. The CRPF, RAF and Home Guards have been called in for additional security. Metal detectors and sniffer dogs are in use at stations. High alert in the state of Maharashtra.

Additional information:

Police sources have suggested that RDX was used in the blasts, operated by remote timer devices.

The stock market is stable - that's a good sign.

2 comments:

  1. Rumors about blast at Elphinstone college not true. Checkd with journalist friend.

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  2. Mumbai is absolutely back on track. Trains in Western Line functioning normally although the crowd level is substantially lesser.
    Hats off to the spirit of mumbaikars....

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