The overall water stock in all the seven lakes that supply water to Mumbai throughout the year have dipped to 12.03% on Saturday, which amounts to 1.74 lakh million litres, making it the lowest figure in the past three years. Earlier on June 3, 2022, the overall water stock in Mumbai was 16.6%, while in June 3, 2021, the stock stood at 13.81%. Meanwhile, civic officials have assured that there will be no water cut in the city as of now. The officials have also maintained that the irrigation department has given the civic body permission to use a reserved stock of water. The BMC on March 15, keeping in mind the possibility of a delayed monsoon, had sent a letter to the state government seeking permission for 1.5 lakh million litres of water from the reserves. Also, between 2014 and 2023, the BMC had implemented water cuts five times owing to delayed monsoon. Mumbai draws its daily water from seven different lakes - Tansa, Bhatsa, Modak Sagar, Tulsi, Vehar, Upper Vaitarna and Middle Vaitarna. Most of these lakes are located on the outskirts of Mumbai and neighbouring districts like Thane, Bhiwandi and Nashik. During the monsoon, the catchment areas of these lakes gets filled up and water from these lakes are supplied in the city suburbs of Mumbai, through tunnels and water pipelines. "There is going to be no water cut in Mumbai as of now. Yesterday, the state government has approved our request for using the reserved stock of water. Therefore, there is no chance of implementing any immediate water cut. We will see the rainfall pattern for two weeks and then take take a call on the next course of action," P Velrasu, additional municipal commissioner (projects) told Express on Saturday. Meanwhile, the IMD has said that monsoon will make its landfall on Mumbai between June 10 and 14. The IMD hasn't been able to give a concrete timeline for the monsoon arrival. However, they said that the picture will be clear after monsoon starts in Kerala between June 4 and 5. As on Saturday, the useful content of water in Modak Sagar lake was 27.57%, followed by 26.91% in Vihar Lake and 23.9% in Tansa Lake. The middle Vaitarna has 11% useful content, while Bhatsa has 10.03%. There is no useful water content left in Upper Vaitarna and the Tulsi lake, which supplies non-potable water to Mumbai is 31% filled.
