Mumbai lake levels at 95.53 per cent, Vihar and Modak Sagar remain full

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Mumbai's seven lakes, which supply drinking water to the city, collectively held 13,82,624 million litres of water, or 95.53 per cent of their total live storage capacity, as of 6 am on Monday, August 24, according to the Hydraulic Engineer's Department at the Bhandup Master Control Centre.

The current stock now stands lower than in the same period last year, when the reservoirs contained 13,91,626 million litres (96.15 per cent). However, the lake levels remained higher than in 2024, when the lakes had 13,78,836 million litres, accounting for 94.27 per cent of the total live storage.

Vihar and Modak Sagar lakes remain full

Among the seven reservoirs, Vihar and Modak Sagar lakes remained at 100 per cent live storage. Whereas the water levels at Tulsi stood at 99.15, Tansa at 99.50 per cent, Middle Vaitarna was at 96.07 per cent, Bhatsa, the city's largest reservoir at 95.52 per cent, while Upper Vaitarna remained the lowest-filled lake at 89.32 per cent.

The current storage in individual lakes is as follows:

• Upper Vaitarna: 2,02,796 million litres (89.32 per cent)
• Modak Sagar: 1,28,925 million litres (100.00 per cent)
• Tansa: 1,44,358 million litres (99.50 per cent)
• Middle Vaitarna: 1,85,932 million litres (96.07 per cent)
• Bhatsa: 6,84,937 million litres (95.52 per cent)
• Vihar: 27,698 million litres (100 per cent)
• Tulsi: 7,978 million litres (99.15 per cent)

Light showers continued across the lake catchment areas over the past 24 hours, with Upper Vaitarna receiving the highest rainfall of 12 mm.

Other rainfall recorded at the reservoirs includes:

• Modak Sagar- 12 mm
• Middle Vaitarna - 12 mm
• Tulsi - 8 mm
• Tansa - 4 mm
• Bhatsa - 5 mm
• Vihar- 0 mm

The Bhandup Complex recorded significant rainfall during the last 24 hours, taking its cumulative seasonal rainfall to 2,694 mm.

Monsoon rainfall so far

The cumulative rainfall recorded at the reservoirs this monsoon is:

• Upper Vaitarna - 3,592 mm
• Modak Sagar - 3,002 mm
• Tansa - 2,711 mm
• Middle Vaitarna - 2,656 mm
• Bhatsa - 2,479 mm
• Tulsi - 3,436 mm
• Vihar - 2,489 mm

Reservoirs at their full capacity

The report stated that Vihar Lake has been overflowing since July 7. However, the capacity of Tansa Dam has decreased, which had been overflowing till Saturday. On the other hand, the water level of Modak Sagar Dam has also decreased marginally on Sunday.

Meanwhile, the Middle Vaitarna WSCPO gate remains closed, and the release of water from Upper Vaitarna has remained suspended since July 6, according to the Hydraulic Engineer's Department.