Mumbai: 10 per cent water cut to be lifted next week

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will lift the 10 per cent water cut starting Monday, July 29. On Thursday, two lakes, Vihar and Modak Sagar, overflowed. The catchment areas of the seven lakes that supply water to the city have experienced heavy rainfall over the past two days.

Vihar lake began overflowing at around 3.50 am

Vihar Lake began overflowing at around 3.50 am on Thursday and supplies 90 million litres of water. Modak Sagar, which provides 400 million litres of water to the city, overflowed at around 10.40 am. Tansa Lake overflowed on Wednesday, July, and Tulsi overflowed on July 20. So far, four out of the seven lakes that supply water to the city are overflowing.

A civic official said, "Water stock has increased by 61 per cent since July 1, with the current level at 66.77 per cent. The IMD has predicted good and continuous rain, prompting us to withdraw the 10 per cent water cut that began on June 5. Additionally, we had reduced the water supply to Thane city and Bhiwandi by 10 per cent. Now, we have decided to restore the water supply to Thane city, Bhiwandi, and other gram panchayats." The total capacity of all lakes is 14,47,363 million litres. In the past 24 hours, the water stock increased by 1,21,999 million litres.