Mumbai’s lakes surpasses Last Year’s Levels Heavy rains boost water stock
Mumbai’s lakes surpasses
Last Year’s Levels Heavy rains boost water stock
News comes as much relief to Mumbaikars who feared of water cut by BMC in wake of delayed South West Monsoon.
Not to worry. Rain God has been kind to Mumbaikars as Heavy rains has boosted the water stock in the seven lakes that supply water to the city. In fact, the stock has surpassed the June 30, 2022 level.
As per civic sources, more than 12 days of stock has been added in the last two days.
As of Friday, the total water stock in all the lakes stood at 1,57,412 million litres (ML), which is higher than the 1.52ML recorded on the same day last year. The heavy downpour in the last two to three days has added more than 50,000ML of water stock. While the increase is not sufficient, it has raised hopes of citizens who are staring at water cuts from
July 1.
Notably the catchment area Lakes has received heavy rainfall, boosting water stock by 24,000 ML in 24 Hrs
Meanwhile, according to
BMC Chief Iqbal Singh Chahal,
if the rain weakens in July, a 10% water cut will be imposed from next Saturday.
But, the final decision on withdrawl of the water cut will be taken by BMC Chief Iqbal Singh Chahal.
The BMC daily supplies 3,850ML of water to Mumbai. As of now, it is relying on the reserve stock from Upper Vaitarna and Bhatsa provided by the state government.
Including the reserve stock, the BMC has a total of 2,64,382ML, that is 16.55% of water stock.
News input KV Raman
