Mumbai may have had spells of heavy rain in the past few days, but the catchment areas of the seven lakes that supply water to the city are yet to see similar showers. As a result, the total water stock in the water bodies was just 17 per cent on Thursday. Around this time last year, the stock was about 24 per cent, while it was 48 per cent the year before.

July and August are considered the months of heavy rainfall, though the scene has been different so far this year. The storage capacity of all the lakes is 14.47 lakh million litres of water, though the total stock now is 2.5 lakh million litres.