09 August,2026 01:35 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
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Mumbai's seven lakes, which supply drinking water to the city, collectively held 12,83,826 million litres of water, or 88.70 per cent of their total live storage capacity, as of 6 am on Sunday, August 9, according to the Hydraulic Engineer's Department at the Bhandup Master Control Centre.
The current stock stays lower than the same period last year, when the reservoirs contained 12,89,796 million litres (89.11 per cent). However, the lake levels remain significantly lower than 2024, when the lakes had 13,15,165 million litres, accounting for 90.97 per cent of the total live storage.
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Among the seven reservoirs, Vihar continued to remain at 100 per cent live storage, with Modak Sagar at 99.99 per cent, and Tulsi at 99.97 per cent
Tansa was at 98.77 per cent, Middle Vaitarna was at 90.55 per cent, Bhatsa, the city's largest reservoir, was at 86.28 per cent, while Upper Vaitarna remained the lowest-filled lake at 80.14 per cent.
The current storage in individual lakes is as follows:
Light showers continued across the lake catchment areas over the past 24 hours, with Upper Vaitarna receiving the highest rainfall of 21 mm.
The Bhandup Complex recorded significant rainfall during the last 24 hours, taking its cumulative seasonal rainfall to 2,432 mm.
The cumulative rainfall recorded at the reservoirs this monsoon is:
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, 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.
