20 August,2017 08:40 AM IST | Mumbai | A Correspondent
With the monsoon inching closer to a finish with every passing day, Mumbai's water resources are looking more ready to take on the coming year
Tansa lake, one of the seven lakes that supplies water to the city
With the monsoon inching closer to a finish with every passing day, the city's water resources are looking more ready to take on the coming year. Seven lakes have already crossed 92 per cent of their total storage capacity.
Except for the two lakes that are located in Mumbai region, Tulsi and Vihar, the five lakes that are in Palghar and Thane regions have received more than average rainfall. While Modak Sagar received 2,354 mm rainfall last monsoon, this year it is slightly better with 2,389 mm; in the case of Tansa, 2,217 mm rainfall has been recorded as opposed to 2,055 mm last year.
The Upper and Middle Vaitarna have received 2,674 mm and 2,362 mm, respectively, as opposed to 2,123 mm and 2,234 mm in the 2016 monsoon.
The largest lake that alone stocks over 30 per cent of Mumbai's water supply, Bhatsa has received rainfall of 2,324 mm, about 300 mm more than last year which was recorded at 1,956 mm. And, now with the increasing water levels and with another month of monsoon still left, the civic body is hoping that full storage capacity of the lakes will be achieved and water woes of the city may come to an end.
