Heavy rains and waterlogging reported on Monday afternoon

Mumbaikars have been looking forward to a good monsoon this season. As many people continue to work from home, this is a good time for them to enjoy the weather minus the hassles. At the beginning of the month, there was heavy rainfall on 3rd and 4th but after that, there has been a dry spell. Last week, there was moderate to heavy rainfall recorded in many parts of the city.

Even this week has started with good rainfall. On Monday, heavy rainfall with strong winds was reported across various parts of the city. Our readers from Dadar, Goregaon, Mira Road and even Palghar have shared pictures of rainfall in their area. 

Along with there were also reports of water logging in a lot of low-lying areas. There was already a forecast for heavy rainfall. IMD has also issued a yellow alert for Monday and Tuesday. 

While there has been good rainfall in Mumbai in the month of July but the catchment areas were unable to get the same and hence the BMC was forced to implement a 20 per cent water cut from August 5. However, as per recent reports, the BMC is to re-examine the decision to impose 20 per cent water cuts in Mumbai. 

Out of the seven lakes that supply water to Mumbai, Tansa Lake is 91 per cent full. Therefore, the crisis of water scarcity on Mumbaikars is likely to be resolved soon, as confirmed by the Municipal Commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal. Moreover, he has asserted to withdraw the water cut soon.

In the last 10 days, the percentage of water has increased by more than 40 per cent. Due to the continual downpour which lashed the city from August 4, the water level in Upper Vaitarna, Modaksagar, Tansa, Madhya Vaitarna, Bhatsa, Tulsi and Vihar lakes has been increasing rapidly.

On August 4, the lake had a storage capacity of 5 lakhs 5 thousand million litres. By August 15, the water supply had reached 10 lakhs 37 thousand million litres whereas, on Sunday, it reached 10 lakhs 99 thousand 445 million litres. Another three and a half million litres of water is needed to fill all the lakes supplying water to the city.