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Mumbai: The steady heavy downpour since the last few days which has ensured sufficient stocks of the potable water in the seven lakes supplying water to the city and adjoining areas, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Friday announced its decision to withdraw the water cut imposed in the city.
With the recent torrential rains occurring in the catchment areas all the seven lakes are filled up to its capacity. Hence from August 29, water cuts are being withdrawn by BMC.
According to the information received by the BMC, the water accumulated in all the seven lakes were recorded at 95.19 per cent which was 13, 77,690 MLD recorded at 6 am on August 28.
The decision of imposing water cut in the city was announced on August 5 by the BMC administration. “Regular amounts of water supply will be provided from August 29 without imposing any water cut. It was also decided to supply regular amounts of water to adjoining cities of Thane, Bhiwandi-Nizampur Municipal Corporation (BNMC) and other adjoining villages that get supply water from the BMC.
Significantly, in June and July this year, there was less rainfall in the catchment areas. At the end of July, the total water stock available in the lakes was only 34 percent of the total capacity. After which the BMC decided to impose a 20 per cent water cut from August 5. After that, on August 21, 20 percent water cut was revised and reduced to 10 percent due to incessant rains in the lake areas.
The water levels in the lakes supplying drinking water to the city increased due to continuous rains. On Friday, a total of 13,77,690 MLD water i.e. 95.19 percent water was recorded in all the seven lakes – Upper Vaitarna, Modak Sagar, Tansa, Middle Vaitarna, Bhatsa, Vihar and Tulsi lake. On 28 August 2019, the water level recorded was 96.43 percent water, while on 28 August 2018 it was 94.89 percent.
