today

The Mumbai railway board claimed that the 7-11 blasts could have been averted, had electronic surveillance been implemented on time. A letter sent by the railway board after the blasts to railway officials said: “...you are advised to immediately review the security measures in your respective jurisdiction and take necessary action for providing additional dog squads, bomb detection and disposal equipments, CCTVs to avert any untoward incidences." and further “The proposals under phase I of the Mumbai Urban Transport Project, Borivali-Virar quadrupling and an additional line between Kurla and Thane, could help in reducing the pressure on suburban trains."

Additionally the proposed Metro should help if it is ever built but it will not fill all the gaps. On the road potholes deadline, referred to in an earlier blog, the deadline ended Tuesday night, but the ground situation in the city, known as the country's financial and entertainment capital, seems pretty much the same.

IMO: Oh dear, Mumbai is always as it has been.