MUMBAI: Bringing some cheer, stocks in the seven lakes that supply water to Mumbai rose by around 6% in the last one week thanks to the wet spell the Konkan coast is witnessing. The two lakes that received the maximum rain in the 24 hours ending 6am on Tuesday were Vihar and Tulsi - 119mm and 227mm, respectively.
On Tuesday, water levels in the lakes stood at 15% of the city's required annual quantum. Just a week ago on June 27, the stocks had dipped to 9%, prompting the civic body to bring into effect a 10% cut in water supply to the city.
In June 2022, the BMC said, there was inadequate rainfall in the catchment areas of the seven lakes. Every day around 3,800 million litres is supplied from these lakes.
As of Tuesday, the total water stocks in the lakes crossed 2 lakh million litres and civic officials said they are hoping it will increase in the coming days with the forecast indicating heavy rains. Last year on the same date, the total water stocks were much higher at around 2.74 lakh million litres or 19% of the required need.
The seven lakes from where Mumbai receives water are Bhatsa, which meets over 50% of the needs, Tulsi and Vihar, Middle Vaitarna, Modak Sagar,Tansa and Upper Vaitarna.
Richa Pinto is a special correspondent with The Times of India. S...
Read MoreRicha Pinto is a special correspondent with The Times of India. She covers urban governance & climate change issues. With over a decade of experience in field reporting, she has written extensively on various civic issues affecting Mumbaikars. She graduated in -journalism from the prestigious Mumbai-based St Xavier's College and later pursued a three-year Law degree (L.L.B.) with the University of Mumbai. She regularly tweets about all things that matter to Mumbai on-- @richapintoi.
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