30 September,2024 01:13 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
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The BMC stated on Monday that the water levels in Mumbai's seven reservoirs, which supply the city with potable water, have reached 99.32 per cent. Based on data from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), the combined water stock of the Mumbai lakes stands at 14,37,504 million litres at present, or 99.32 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 98.49 per cent. 100 per cent of the water stock is accessible at Modak-Sagar, Tulsi and Vihar lakes.
Middle Vaitarna has 99.23 per cent, Upper Vaitarna has 99.58 per cent and Bhatsa has 99.27 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.
After a week of intermittent showers in the city, Mumbaikars on Monday woke up to a sunny morning. The India Meteorological Department (IMD), in the latest Mumbai weather update, have forecasted light to moderate rainfall in the city and suburbs for Monday.
The weather agency, in their Mumbai weather update, has forecast a "partly cloudy sky with possibility of light to moderate rain in city and suburbs." for the next 24 hours.
IMD (Mumbai) chief Sunil Kamble told mid-day that the city and suburbs will receive light rainfall over the next three to four days. When asked about monsoon withdrawal, he said, "Typically, in Mumbai, monsoon withdraws between October 5-10. The city will receive light rainfall for the next 3-4 days before rescinding."
He added that the withdrawal of monsoon does get delayed based on prevalent weather systems then.
