With the depleting levels in the reservoirs supplying water to Mumbai, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has started tapping into the reserved stock from Upper Vaitarna and Bhatsa. Till now, the BMC has used 25,084 million litres of water below from the reserved stock of 91,130 million litres of Upper Vaitarna. The BMC has also started fetching reserved water from Bhatsa from Wednesday.

The monsoon has taken a break after officially entering the city on June 9. Hardly any rain has been recorded in the region of reservoirs that are located in and around Mumbai. The BMC announced a 10 per cent water cut from June 5 and has now started fetching water from reserved stock as water level of Bhatsa and Upper Vaitarna touched zero mark on the lowest limits to draw water.