The seven lakes that supply water to the city of Mumbai have shown a slight increase in water stock as the water levels reached 37.36 per cent on Wednesday morning, August 5, up from 34.95 per cent.
There are seven lakes - Bhatsa, Tansa, Upper Vaitarna, Middle Vaitarna, Modak Sagar on Thane-Nashik belt and Tulsi and Vihar in Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SNGP) which provide water to the city of Mumbai. The water level in the lakes was 89.96 per cent this time last year. The current water stock is sufficient to supply water to Mumbai for a little over 100 days.
Earlier, the BMC Commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal informed the people that the water cut will be carried out to prevent water shortage in the future. Earlier this water cut was to be imposed from August 1 but was then deferred to August 5 due to Eid al-Adha, as per the officials.
The civic body has been monitoring the situation closely since the seven lakes that supply water to the city had 50 per cent less water this year compared to 2019. Now, it has taken a decision to carry out a 20 per cent cut in the water supply.
However, due to the incessant rainfall in the city, the Vihar lake nestled inside the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) overflowed at 10 pm on Wednesday, as per the BMC.
The Vihar lake, with a capacity of 27,698 million litres, is the second lake to overflow in the city. Earlier, the Tulsi lake which is also nestled in the SGNP had overflowed on July 28. However, Vihar and Tulsi lakes do not have significant contribution with regards to the drinking water supply to Mumbai, therefore, starting Wednesday, water cuts have been imposed in Mumbai as a result of the meagre rainfall in the monsoon season in the catchment areas.
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