Home / Mumbai / Mumbai News / Article /
Mumbai: Reserve water saves city from severe shortage
Updated On: 26 June, 2024 07:03 AM IST | Mumbai | Prajakta Kasale
Without reserves, lake levels would have dropped to their lowest within three days, forcing the BMC to tap into emergency supplies
Listen to this article :
BMC has taken permission from the state government to use the reserved stock of water from Upper Vaitarna Lake. File pic
If there were no reserves, the lake levels would have dropped to their lowest point within the next three days. The BMC began drawing water from the reserve stock in the first week of June after the actual water stock shrank to just 6 per cent. Although the actual stock has remained nearly the same, the BMC has been drawing equivalent amounts of water from the reserve.
The total storage capacity of all seven lakes supplying water to the city is 14,47,363 million litres. The BMC has 76,602 million litres (5.3 per cent) of it on Tuesday, June 25. The BMC had taken prior permission from the state government to use the reserved stock of water from Bhatsa and Upper Vaitarna lakes. The corporation started fetching water from the reserve of Upper Vaitarna on June 3 when the lake level went below the lowest drawable level and subsequently started using the reserve stock of Bhatsa from June 11.
Trending Stories
Latest Photos
Latest Videos
Latest Web Stories
ADVERTISEMENT
Mid-Day Fast
ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT