As heavy rains lashed Mumbai and its suburbs it has led to the overflowing of Vihar lake on Sunday, July 18, said a Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) official.
Vihar lake is one of the seven reservoirs supplying drinking water to the metropolis.
According to a statement released by the civic body, Vihar lake, which is situated in Sanjay Gandhi National Park in the Borivali area of Mumbai, started overflowing around 9 am.
Vihar Lake has a storage capacity of 27,698 million litres. The lake, built in 1859, supplies 90 million litres per day (MLD), the civic body mentioned.
The cost for the construction of the lake was around Rs 65.5 lakh. The catchment area of the lake is about 18.96 km2 and if the lake is full then the water area is about 7.26 sq km.
On Friday, July 16, Tulsi lake, the smallest water body that is part of the supply mechanism to the metropolis, had overflowed. However, when the Tulsi lake overflows, its water goes into the Vihar lake, said, officials.
Meanwhile, when the Vihar lake is full, the water goes to the Mithi river.
On the other hand, the BMC stated that the dams in Thane and Nashik districts have limited water stock, due to poor rainfall in the catchment area.
The downpour, which started after midnight, continued virtually non-stop and led to waterlogging or flooding in most parts of the city besides the coastal Konkan districts of Sindhudurg, Ratnagiri, Raigad, Thane and Palghar.
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