15 August,2024 10:25 AM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Middle Vaitarna lake. Pic/BMC
Water levels in Mumbai's seven reservoirs, which provide the city with drinking water, have reached 93.18 per cent, as reported by the BMC on Thursday.
According to Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) data, the collective water stock in Mumbai lakes is currently at 13,48,606 million litres, which is 93.18 per cent of capacity.
Mumbai draws water from Tulsi, Tansa, Vihar, Bhatsa, Modak Sagar, Upper Vaitarna, and Middle Vaitarna.
As per the data shared by the civic body on the Mumbai lakes, the water level in Tansa is at 97.96 per cent. At Modak-Sagar, 99.86 per cent of water stock is available.
ALSO READ
Ganpati Visarjan: Several BEST buses diverted due to traffic disruptions in city
Ganesh Visarjan: 7,574 Ganpati idols immersed till 6 pm on Anant Chaturdashi
Maratha activist Manoj Jarange begins 6th indefinite fast over quota demand
Jio network crashes across India leave users frustrated; X flooded with 'plaints
Maharashtra: 73-year-old arrested for sexually abusing minor in Navi Mumbai
In Middle Vaitarna 96.39 per cent, Upper Vaitarna 89.10 per cent, Bhatsa 90.98 per cent, Vihar 100 per cent and Tulsi 99.66 per cent of useful water level is available.
In the wake of heavy rains, one more lake supplying water to Mumbai, Middle Vaitarna Lake, started overflowing on July 4. Lakes Vihar and Modak Sagar started to flood on July 25 as a result of persistently high rains. Around 4 pm on July 24, Tansa Lake began to overflow, increasing the amount of water stored in all seven reservoirs by 17 days in a single day.
Approximately 400 million gallons of water are supplied to Mumbai by Tansa Lake, which is situated in the Shahpur region of Thane. On July 26, 2024, it overflowed.
One of the two lakes that directly feed water to the BMC, Tulsi Lake, started to overflow on July 20 at around 8:30 am, mimicking the event that occurred on the same day last year at 1:28 pm, according to the civic body.
Meanwhile, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast light to moderate rainfall in Mumbai on Thursday, as per the latest Mumbai weather update.
The weather department, in its latest Mumbai weather update, has predicted a "partly cloudy sky with possibility of light to moderate rain in city and suburbs" over the next 24 hours.
The maximum temperature in the city is likely to settle at 32 degrees Celsius and the minimum temperature will be recorded at 26 degrees Celsius.
A high tide of about 2.89 metres is expected to hit Mumbai at 7.44 pm today, stated Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). The civic body also said a low tide of about 2.57 metres is expected at 2.41 pm today.
