More rain over next two days

THEN & NOW: Last year 5 mm in Mumbai till June 15,this year 265 mm already. In Pune,144 mm so far compared to 31 mm last year

Water watch
Most of the lakes supplying water to the city have risen in levels since Tuesday. Last year,levels started rising only from July 2,after rains from June 22.
Bhatsa lake,with 65 mm rainfall till now,is up 0.15 m,with two days of rain adding 3,000 million litres to 26,216 million litres of June 14,total now 29,202 million litres. “It is a good sign but this has to continue. Our lakes are huge and prolonged dry spells can bring down the levels,” hydraulic engineer Vinay Deshpande said.
Tansa and Tulsi lakes are up 0.02 m each,Vihar 0.13 m and Upper Vaitarna 0.05 m. Only Modaksgar lake has to catch up.
The government will continue supply through 295 tankers.

Work roster
55 BMC dewatering pumps in service: 19 in city,25 in eastern suburbs and 11 in western suburbs. Water-logging,however,only in chronic low-lying area of Hindmata.
3 companies of National Disaster Response Force posted in Mumbai,one each at Bhandup,Kurla and Andheri (East). Nine companies of Navy on alert.
104 collapsed trees to remove: 51 in the city,16 in eastern suburbs and 37 in western suburbs. Total trees uprooted since start of season: 145.

Casualties: 8 in wall collapse,46 overall
46 deaths statewide since last week,including 8 when a wall collapsed in Thane Wednesday,and a pedestrian in Mulund Tuesday when the beam of a building under construction collapsed.
The wall,built by Dosti Vihar Developers near the Vartak Nagar ward office,collapsed on adjoining slums at 4.45 am,said R A Rajeev,Thane Municipal Commissioner. Of the dead — Savita Bhagat,24,Sangita Bhagat,26,Pinky Bhagat,15,Sunena Bhagat,15,Indravati Singh,40,Shivakant Giri,45,Mira VishwanathThakur,40,Vishwanath Thakur,45— four were of one family. The Thakurs’ son,Sunny,8, was among five injured.
TMC officials said a firm,building towers next to Dynashewar Nagar,was constructing a podium parking for which they were filling the land,which led to the collapse. The TMC has lodged a police complaint and an inquiry has been ordered under the Assistant Development Town Planner.