Mumbai: Level of water in lakes down to 12%, no cut planned yet

MUMBAI: Stock of water in the seven lakes that cater to Mumbai has dipped to 12% while it was 16% last year, around the same time of the year. There is no plan yet to impose a water cut although BMC will do a review of the situation next week.
The official onset date of monsoon over Mumbai is June 11. Civic officials said that with around a week still to go for the official onset of monsoon in the city, they are hopeful the situation will improve.
Navi Mumbai last month announced a once-a-week water cut with its existing water stock being insufficient in case of a delayed or deficient monsoon.
BMC had last month also written to the state government and sought permission to use reserve water stock of Upper Vaitarna and Bhatsa lakes in case of a delayed monsoon. Senior BMC officials said there is not much to worry as of now, but have requested citizens to use water judiciously.
As on Saturday, the total water quantum in the seven lakes stood at 1.74 lakh million litres (12%) while on the same day last year it was 2.43 lakh million litres or 16.06%. In 2021, the total stock stood at 1.99 lakh million litres (13.81%).
Tulsi and Vihar are located in Mumbai limits, at Sanjay Gandhi National Park. The useful water content on Saturday in Modak Sagar lake was 27.57%, while in Tansa it was 24%, Middle Vaitarna was 11.37%, Bhatsa 10.03%, Vihar 26.91% and Tulsi 31.34%.