Mumbai: Water level in lakes double than last year

Last year, monsoon rain took a long break in July and the overall stock in the seven lakes reduced to below 50 per cent at the end of August

Thanks to incessant heavy rainfall over the past few days, water level in seven lakes catering to Mumbai’s supply requirement has doubled as compared to last year.

A stock of 4.5 lakh million litres of water had led to a supply cut of 20 per cent in August 2020, however, the BMC had last week assured that the city’s supply would not be affected this August. As of now, all the lakes have a combined stock of over 9.37 lakh million litres of water.

The monsoon rain will take a break for the next few days, according to the forecast of the India Meteorological Department. All the lakes received good rain, barring Upper Vaitarna located on a higher level.

Last year, monsoon rain took a long break in July and the overall stock in the seven lakes reduced to below 50 per cent at the end of August. The city faced a 20 per cent water cut from August 5.

This year, by mid-July, the lakes had less than 18 per cent water stock, but the situation turned for good from July 21. And on Sunday, even though there was hardly any rain in lakes (below 34 mm), their levels increased due to the percolation effect.

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With over 9.37 lakh million litres of water, the lakes have 65 per cent of the overall stock. As on July 25, 2020, the lakes had 4.51 lakh million litres of water.

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