06 October,2023 02:47 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
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Maharashtra weather: The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) on Friday said that the monsoon in Mumbai and atleast 45 per cent of the areas of Maharashtra has withdrawn and the monsoon present in some parts of the state will also withdraw in the coming days.
In a video statement, the weather department said that the three major areas from where monsoon has withdraw include Mumbai, Pune and Nagpur. The withdrawal of monsoon in these cities took place on a same day.
Monsoon in other areas of Maharashtra, parts of Telangana, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh is likely to withdraw in the next two-three days, the weather department said.
It further said that the monsoon is present in South Konkan, Goa, Ratnagiri, Sindudurg, etc. and was likely to withdraw in the next three-four days.
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Meanwhile, Mumbai and its surrounding areas, in the last 24 hours, have experienced relatively dry conditions, with no recorded rainfall in key locations.
Central Mumbai has experienced no recorded rainfall, reflecting dry weather conditions in this part of the city. Similarly, the Eastern Suburbs have not seen any significant rainfall in the past day, indicating stable and dry weather conditions. The Western Suburbs have also maintained dry weather with no noteworthy rainfall recorded during the same period.
Although the city experienced long dry periods during the monsoon this year, the lakes supplying water to the city are almost full on the last day of September, technically the last day of the rainy season. The BMC has hence, assured that there will be no water cut till the next monsoon.
There are seven lakes, two in Mumbai and five on the outskirts, which have a combined capacity of 14.47 lakh million litres of water. The lakes are 99.23 per cent full, with the stock reaching 14.36 lakh million litres on Saturday.
If the stock reaches 100 per cent on the last day of monsoon, then the city gets an uninterrupted supply of water," said an official from the hydraulic department of the BMC. "As the lakes are filled up to their capacities, the city won't face water cuts till the next monsoon, a BMC official had earlier said.
