Mumbai: The city’s drinking water supply is now reliable, with the water level in seven reservoirs in the city reaching 98.71 per cent of their total capacity. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) confirmed this on Monday morning, ensuring that the city will get enough water to meet its needs in the coming months. According to the latest data from the BMC, the lakes have a total of 14,28,697 million litres of water, which is almost completely full. These reservoirs include Tulsi, Tansa, Vihar, Bhatsa, Modak Sagar, Upper Vaitarna and Middle Vaitarna, all of which supply water to Mumbai. The water level in each lake is as follows: Modak Sagar, Vihar and Tulsi have reached 100 per cent capacity. Middle Vaitarna – 99.20 per cent, Upper Vaitarna – 98.51 per cent, Bhatsa – 98.43 per cent and Tansa – 98.29 per cent.
Heavy rains in Mumbai and surrounding areas in recent months have led to a rapid rise in water levels. One of the largest lakes, Madhya Vaitarna, began overflowing on July 4, while Vihar and Modak Sagar lakes were inundated on July 25 due to incessant rains. On July 24, Tansa lake also overflowed its banks, leading to a sharp increase in the total volume of water reserves. Tansa lake in Thane’s Shahpur district supplies around 400 million gallons of water to the city every day. Tulsi lake, one of the two lakes that directly supply water to the BMC, began overflowing on July 20, just like on the same day last year. At these near-full levels, Mumbai’s drinking water supply is expected to be secure for the foreseeable future, easing concerns about an immediate water shortage.
