Mumbai witnessed over 1,000 mm rainfall in the past 72 hours, the officials said here on Tuesday. Despite heavy rainfall, the Western Railway (WR), managed to stay afloat and chug along. The Western Railway's suburban and long-distance services were affected but they did not completely crash like its counterpart, Central Railway, which remained shut for nearly 15 hours on Tuesday.

Mumbai recorded the heaviest 24-hour July rain in 45 years. WR chief spokesperson Ravinder Bhakar said that the problem region this year was the Palghar area which recorded a massive downpour, more than double of last year's 550 mm, but the trains ran at restricted speed for safety, reports IANS.