Mumbai, Jul 10 (PTI): Suburban train services of the Western Railways were suspended on Tuesday after heavy rains lashed the metropolis over Monday night, an official said. 

The official said that services between Churchgate and Borivili were, however, normal.

”Since last night, over 200mm rainfall has been recorded which led to water logging on railway tracks and considering the passengers' safety, train services have been stopped till the water level on the track recedes,” he said.

He said that efforts are being made by water-pumping machines to flush the water.

However, the Central Railway's suburban services are running normally at all its corridors despite the heavy rain.

”Trains are running normally on Central Railway's all three lines — main, harbour and trans-harbour,” the Central Railway tweeted.

It also tweeted to thank passengers who had praised it for operating despite heavy rains on Monday.

”We received innumerable messages and tweets yesterday from you all bestowing accolades on us that despite heavy torrential rains for the past 72 hrs, we provided uninterrupted services. We thank you all for the faith, confidence and immense support shown by each one of you,” it tweeted with a video attachment.

The India Meteorological Department has predicted heavy to very heavy rain till Thursday.

Amid torrential rain, the Tulsi lake, which supplies water to the people of the city, started overflowing on Monday.

Mumbai's pervasive Dabbawalas, the tiffin careers of the city, have suspended their work on Tuesday across the city.

”We did not collect the tiffins today, because of the water logging across the city. Our people find hard to wade through their cycle in knee deep water,” Mumbai Dabbawalas Association's spokesperson Subhash Talekar said.