08 August,2026 09:26 AM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
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Mumbai's seven lakes, which supply drinking water to the city, collectively held 12,79,397 million litres of water, or 88.40 per cent of their total live storage capacity, as of 6 am on Saturday, August 8, 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 12,90,257 million litres (89.15 per cent). However, the lake levels remain significantly lower than 2024, when the lakes had 13,09,043 million litres, accounting for 90.44 per cent of the total live storage.
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Among the seven reservoirs, Vihar and Tulsi continued to remain at 100 per cent live storage, with Modak Sagar at 99.99 per cent.
Tansa was at 98.65 per cent, Middle Vaitarna was at 89.67 per cent, Bhatsa, the city's largest reservoir, was at 85.93 per cent, while Upper Vaitarna remained the lowest-filled lake at 80.14 per cent.
The current storage in individual lakes is as follows:
Heavy showers continued across the lake catchment areas over the past 24 hours, with Upper Vaitarna receiving the highest rainfall of 15 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 2,427 mm.
The cumulative rainfall recorded at the reservoirs this monsoon is:
The report stated that Vihar Lake has been overflowing since July 7, followed by Tulsi Lake later the same day. Tansa Dam started overflowing on July 22, while Modak Sagar Dam began overflowing on July 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.
