Exactly a year after the Mumbai terror attack

Taking no chances,police have maintained high levels of security all over the city since Wednesday, with armed personnel stopping and checking vehicles, especially at strategic points.Security was especially tight at places like Chowpatty, Haji Ali, Prabhadevi, Worli, Bandra, Jogeshwari,around the Mumbai airport, the three main exit points connecting the city with the mainland and around the sites of the locations targeted one year ago.

Several public and private functions have been lined up during the day to remember the people who lost their lives in the 60-hour terror mayhem.Some private and government offices shall observe two-minute silence to remember the victims, especially those who worked there.Last year on this day, 10 terrorists who sneaked in from the Arabian Sea, targeted Mumbai in which 166 lives were lost. In the 60-hour operation, nine terrorists were killed by security forces.