Mumbai: Due to intermittent rainfall in the catchment areas of seven lakes, the water stock has increased by 61,540 million litres in one week, thereby increasing the water stock by 16 days. The BMC had imposed 10 per cent of water cuts in the city from June 27.
When the BMC announced water cuts, the seven lakes that supply water to the city had only 9 per cent of water. Since last Thursday, the city has witnessed heavy rainfall. So, Mumbai now has 13.36 % of the total 14,47,363 million litres of its total capacity. This stock will last for the next 50 days.
"This stock is not enough for the city but can give slight relief. It needs to rain heavily in catchment areas," said the official from BMC's hydraulic department. Last Monday, the lakes had only 1,31,770 million litres of water stock. Presently, the lakes have 1,93,310 million litres of water that can last till mid-August.
Due to poor rainfall in catchment areas, Mumbai faced water cuts in August 2020. There was no water cut imposed in 2019 owing to good rains. Mumbai suffered from a 10 per cent water cut in 2018, 20 per cent in 2016, and 25 per cent in 2014. The BMC takes stock of the water level in the lakes on October 1 annually.
The BMC supplies 3,850 million litres of water from Modak Sagar, Tansa, Vihar, Tulsi, Upper Vaitarna, and Bhatsa lake to the city daily.
