Water Level In Mumbai Lakes At 9%, Almost Half As Compared To 2023
Mumbai lake levels: The collective water stock in the seven reservoirs is now at 1,30,346 million litres till 6:00 am on Friday.
The water stock in the lakes supplying drinking water to Mumbai is at 9.01%, according to the data shared by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation on Friday.
The collective water stock in the seven reservoirs is now at 1,30,346 million litres till 6:00 am on July 5. On this day in 2023, the useful water stock was 17.99% (2,60,410 million litres) and 14.80% (2,14,169 million litres) in 2022.
The seven reservoirs that supply water to Mumbai are Bhatsa, Upper Vaitarna, Middle Vaitarna, Tansa, Modak Sagar, Vihar and Tulsi - located in Mumbai, Thane and Nashik districts.
Mumbai needs around 4,000-4,500 million litres of water every day. The total capacity of these lakes is 14.47 lakh million litres.
As per the latest BMC data, the water level in Tansa is at 20.09%. Modak Sagar is at 24.84%. The useful water stock in Middle Vaitarna is at 15.21% while Tulsi Lake is at 29.38% of its full capacity.
As per the release, from the gross useful contents of Bhatsa, 5,75,700 million litres are allocated for MCGM usage. In addition to this, the Maharashtra government has sanctioned 1,37,000 million litres of water for Mumbai from Bhatsa and 91,130 million litres of water from the Upper Vaitarna dam for this season.
Mumbai Lake Levels On July 5
Mumbai Weather Update
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted a generally cloudy sky with intermittent spells of moderate to heavy rain in Mumbai on Friday. The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 33 degrees Celsius and 26 degrees Celsius.
For neighbouring Thane and Palghar districts, the IMD has issued a 'Yellow' alert with the probability of heavy rainfall at isolated places on Friday.
India could experience above-normal rainfall in July, except for parts of the northeastern region, the India Meteorological Department said earlier this week.
Addressing a virtual press conference, IMD chief Mrutyunjay Mohapatra said July rainfall averaged over the country as a whole is most likely to be above normal -- more than 106% of the long-period average of 28.04 cm.
"Normal to above-normal rainfall is most likely over most parts of the country except many parts of northeast India and some parts of northwest, east, and southeast peninsular India," he said.
(With PTI inputs)
