Mumbai: Brihanmumbai Minicipal Corporation (BMC) gave an statement on Saturday the lakes which supply potable water to the city have almost reached their full capacity due to the heavy rains. As per the information provided by BMC the combined water stock of the lakes in Mumbai has reached 14,04,350 million litres which is 97.03 per cent of their total capacity.
There are six lakes that provide water to Mumbai, these are, Tulsi Lake, Vihar Lake, Upper and Middle Vaitarna lakes, Bhatsa Lake, Tansa Lake and Modak Sagar Lake. According to the date shared by BMC, the level of water in Tansa Lake has reached its 97.31 per cent while 86.74 per cent at Modak-Sagar Lake. The level of water in Middle Vaitarna is 99.84 per cent while in the Upper Vaitarna has already in its 100 per cent capacity. Vihar is at 98.98 per cent, Bhatsa at 97.05, and Tulsi at 96.28 water capacity.
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🚰 Report of water stock in the seven lakes, supplying water to Mumbai, till#MumbaiRains #MyBMCUpdates pic.twitter.com/P6hIxIv52J— माझी Mumbai, आपली BMC (@mybmc) October 19, 2024
Lake overflow incidents on July, 2024
This year on July 4, due to heavy rains the Middle Vaitarna Lake started overflowing. Later on July 25, lake Vihar and Modak Sagar also started overflowing due to continuous rain in the city. The Tansa Lake on July 24, reached its full capacity and began overflowing. This caused water level to surge in other lakes connected to it which increased the total water storage in all reservoirs by an equivalent of 17 days in just one day, as per a report by Mid-day. The Tansa lake is located at the Shahpur region of Thane. Tulsi lake which feeds water to BMC directly started overflowing on July 20.
More rain in upcoming days
According to IMD, the city is expected get moderate rain in the upcoming days. IMD predicts partly cloudy sky with the possibility of moderate rain on October 19, 20, 21 and 22. The possibility of rain in the coming days is expected to increase the level of water in the lakes, causing it to reach their full capacity.
