07 October,2024 11:41 AM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
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The BMC stated on Tuesday that the water levels in Mumbai's seven reservoirs, which supply the city with potable water, have reached 98.88 per cent. Based on data from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), the combined water stock of the Mumbai lakes stands at 14,31,147 million litres at present, or 98.88 per cent of their capacity.
Mumbai gets its water from the Upper and Middle Vaitarnas, Bhatsa, Tansa, Vihar, Tulsi, and Modak Sagar.
The civic body's data on the Mumbai lakes indicates that Tansa's water level is 98.53 per cent. 98.84 per cent of the water stock is accessible at Tulsi while 100 per cent water stock is accessible at Vihar lake.
In Modak Sagar, 99.99 per cent of the portable water is available for use. Meanwhile, Middle Vaitarna has 99.30 per cent, Upper Vaitarna has 99.58 per cent and Bhatsa has 99.35 per cent of the available useful water.
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 began to flood on July 25 due to persistently high rains. Around 4 pm on July 24, Tansa Lake started 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.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD), in the latest Mumbai weather update, have forecasted light rainfall/ thunderstorms in the city and suburbs towards evening.
The weather agency, in their Mumbai weather update, has forecast a "haze during morning hours becoming partly cloudy sky towards afternoon/evening. Possibility of light rain/thundershowers in city and suburbs" for the next 24 hours.
Sunil Kamble, chief of IMD (Mumbai), previously told midday that the city and suburbs would have light rain over the next three to four days. When asked about monsoon withdrawal, he remarked, "Typically, the monsoon withdraws from Mumbai between October 5 and October 10. The city will have mild rains for the following 3-4 days before being rescinded."
He went on to say that the monsoon's retreat is sometimes delayed due to common weather patterns.
