07 September,2026 09:41 AM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Representational Image
Mumbai's seven lakes, which supply drinking water to the city, collectively held 13,93,459 million litres of water, or 96.28 per cent of their total live storage capacity, as of 6 am on Monday, September 7, according to the Hydraulic Engineer's Department at the Bhandup Master Control Centre.
The current stock stands lower than in the same period last year, when the reservoirs contained 14,02,563 million litres (96.90 per cent). Also, the lake levels remained lower than in 2024, when the lakes had 14,18,203 million litres, accounting for 97.99 per cent of the total live storage.
Among the seven reservoirs, Vihar lake remained at 100 per cent live storage. Whereas the water levels at Tulsi stood at 96.38, Tansa at 98.41 per cent, Middle Vaitarna was at 96.54 per cent, Bhatsa, the city's largest reservoir at 96.67 per cent, while Upper Vaitarna remained the lowest-filled lake at 91.93 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 Bhatsa receiving the highest rainfall of 12 mm.
Other rainfall recorded at the reservoirs includes:
The Bhandup Complex recorded significant rainfall during the last 24 hours, taking its cumulative seasonal rainfall to 2,755 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 August 22. On the other hand, the water level of Modak Sagar Dam has also decreased marginally on August 23.
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.
