Mumbai's lakes filled up to 63 per cent

Vihar is one of the lakes filled to capacity

The rains may have taken a breather, but the lake levels have risen considerably. The stock has reached 63 per cent, which is more than last two years during the same time. The situation was tense last week as the monsoon break was longer than usual. The city only had 18 per cent of the water stock in its lakes as of mid-July, which is considered a heavy-rainfall month. But the situation has changed drastically in a week, due to heavy rains in Mumbai and neighbouring areas.

The combined water stock of all the seven lakes increased from 18 to 54 per cent within four days. On Saturday, the water stock increased to 9,08,763 lakh million litres.

On July 18, the combined water stock of all the seven lakes was 2,87,082 million litres, which rose to 7,79,568 ml on July 22. Now, the lakes are filled up 63 per cent to their capacity and have more stock than the last two years, on the same day. There was 4.35 lakh ml water in 2020 and 7.87 lakh ml water in 2019 on the same day. The BMC imposed a 20 per cent water cut last August, due to insufficient stock.

Out of seven lakes, four lakes - Modak Sagar, Tansa, Tulsi and Vihar - are full to 100 per cent capacity. Bhatsa and Middle Vaitarna have more than 50 per cent stock, but Upper Vaitarna is still below 10 per cent.

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The capacity to which the lakes are filled up to