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14th July

- Mumbai bombings shake outsourcing community

- Government steps up security at airports

- Back to normalcy

- Mumbai bounces back

13th July
- Mumbai's cell phone systems were congested and added to the woes;however the traditional telephone wire line came to the rescue. Read story

- The Home Minister has refused to speculate on which terror group was responsible for the attacks:"We have information about many things. But it will be difficult to divulge anything. So we are not saying whether so and so is responsible or not". [IBN Live]

- The Government has issued a high alert throughout the state. It is "monitoring the situation, and all the precautions are being taken to ensure that there is no threat to peace and harmony in the state. The Hon. Chief Minister has issued an appeal to all concerned to maintain peace in the state, and not get provoked by this dastardly act of terrorism." [http://www.maharashtra.gov.in/]

- Mumbai back on track [The Hindu]

- Mumbai bombs may disrupt offshored services [Computer Weekly]

[Continuity Central would like to thank Vignesh Karthic, Senior Consultant, Audit & Enterprise Risk Services, Deloitte & Touche,India, for help with this update page. Any other readers who would like to contribute, please email editor@continuitycentral.com]

12th July
Local reports say that train services on the Western line have resumed from Churchgate to Borivili, passing through some of the impacted stations. However, only the Gujarat Express which leaves at 8:30 a.m. from Mumbai Central has departed. All other long-distance trains on the Western line are not yet running. Current information can be found at http://www.wr.indianrail.gov.in/

11th July
Many people have been killed and injured in a series of seven separate bomb attacks in Mumbai. At around 6.00pm local time, at the height of the rush hour, bombs exploded on different commuter trains. The blasts took place at Matunga, Khar, Mahim, Jogeshwari, Borivali and Bhayandar, with most on moving trains and two at stations. Local reports said the bombs appeared to have targeted first-class compartments. (BBC).

According to ‘The Hindu’, a senior Mumbai police official, P. S. Pasricha, said that the explosions were part of a well-coordinated attack. India's Home Minister said that the authorities had information that an attack was coming, but did not know the time or place.

All train travel on the Western Railway was suspended following the attacks, leaving many commuters struggling to leave the city.

As has become usual in such incidents, the mobile phone network became inaccessible, adding to the confusion.

Apart from the obvious impact on the railway company and its infrastructure and the horrific loss of life which will affect businesses as well as families and communities, from a general business continuity point of view, the main immediate effect will be linked to staff availability. This will be at its worst tomorrow, when employees face the difficult decision whether to risk the commute to work or to remain at home, due to fear of further attacks or because they believe that the journey to work will be too long and difficult.

•Date: 14th July 2006• Region: Asia •Type: Article •Topic: Terrorism
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