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Mumbai restores normal Life in pain
13/7/2006 17:48

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Indian policemen stand guard near the Matunga Railway Station in Bombay yesterday. -Xinhua

The passenger trains, the lifeline of India's financial capital, have restored normal operation Wednesday evening one day after seven blasts on Western Railway network killed more than 180 people and wounded nearly 800.

The trains are not so packed as on normal days before the blasts, but they are crowded.

Western Railway spokesman Pranai Prabhakar said that in comparison, Wednesday morning saw a slight drop of passenger number in train traffic but more than he expected in the evening.

He admitted that it would take some time to repair some of the damaged railway stations but this will not be allowed to affect routine activity.

However, some of the mangled train cars were still on tracks, reminding everyone of the terrorist blasts Tuesday evening.

Some nervousness could be felt among those on the streets.

A boy called Ram said he has been out of home to see whether it is okay in outside world.

"I remained a little bit dreadful of the trains," Ram said.

At hospitals in the city, some anxiously-looking people are still looking for their missing relatives and friends from one hospital to another.

Meanwhile, policemen are working hard to find out who are suspects.

Director General of Mumbai Police P.S. Pasricha said the policemen have been acting on the clues they have collected and have been working hard on those leads.

Some policemen voiced their estimation that the terrorist attacks look like the work of the Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists or the outlawed Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), saying it would be dozens of people to conducts those explosions on Tuesday.

Gindera Kuar, an engineer said terrorists could never defame Mumbai as it is a heroic city full of heroes and heroines.

"Let's just get back to work and show these guys what stuff we are made of," he said.



Xinhua