09 October,2024 09:49 AM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
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The BMC stated on Wednesday that the water levels in Mumbai's seven reservoirs, which supply the city with potable water, have reached 98.40 per cent. Based on data from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), the combined water stock of the Mumbai lakes stands at 14,24,241 million litres at present, or 98.40 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 97.84 per cent. 94.30 per cent of the water stock is accessible at Modak-Sagar.
Middle Vaitarna is 99.80 per cent, Upper Vaitarna is 100 per cent, Bhatsa is 98.32 per cent, Vihar is 99.83 per cent, and Tulsi is 98.22 per cent of the available useful water.
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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 Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast light spells of rainfall in Mumbai on Wednesday, as per the latest Mumbai weather updates.
The weather agency, in their Mumbai weather update, has forecast a "mainly clear sky becoming partly cloudy towards evening/night. Possibility of drizzle in the city and its suburbs" for the next 24 hours.
Temperatures are expected to range from a maximum of 34 degrees Celcius to a minimum of 26 degrees Celcius, the IMD said.
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), in its Mumbai weather update, said a high tide will occur at 2.54 pm, reaching a height of 3.22 metres, while a low tide is expected at 9.01 pm dropping to 1.26 metres.
