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Good News Mumbaikars! No need to worry about water supply cut this season

According to the information received from BMC, till 6 am on April, 13, there is a total of 4,50,928 million litres in seven lakes which is 31.16 per cent of the total water storage capacity.

Good News Mumbaikars! No need to worry about water supply cut this season
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According to reports, the lakes supplying water to Mumbai have 4,50,928 million litres of water left. This water supply will be sufficient for the next 117 days i.e. till August 7, 2021.

Therefore, even if the monsoon is a little late this season, Mumbaikars will not have to worry about the water supply cut off due to scarcity.

A total of 3,850 million litres of water is supplied to Mumbai daily from two lakes with very low water storage capacity at Vihar and Tulshi in the Bhandup complex area. Meanwhile, the water is supplied from the remaining five lakes at a distance of 150 km from Tansa, Modak Sagar (Lower Vaitarna), Middle Vaitarna, Upper Vaitarna and Bhatsa.

Mumbai needs a total of 14,47,363 million litres of water in seven lakes for a whole year after the end of the monsoon every year.

According to the information received from BMC, till 6 am on April, 13, there is a total of 4,50,928 million litres in seven lakes which is 31.16 per cent of the total water storage capacity.

The highest water storage is in Bhatsa Lake. At present, the lake has a storage capacity of 2,37,551 million litres which is 33.13 per cent of the total water storage capacity of the lake.

The lowest water storage is in Tulsi Lake. The lake currently has a storage capacity of 3,841 million litres.

Water storage in the other lakes

Upper Vaitarna has a capacity of 75,726 million litres, while Modaksagar Lake has 44,653 million litres of water. Tansa Lake stores 31,672 million litres and Madhya Vaitarna 43,228 million litres. Whereas, Vihar Lake’s storage capacity is 14,257 million litres.

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