The effect of excess rain on Mumbai’s water-supplying lakes is washing off as the monsoon takes a break. The water stock had increased sharply due to rain in 
early June.

But the dipping levels are cause for worry. There is 19 per cent stock available in the lakes, which is more than the level this time in the past two years but less than what it was in the years before that. The city was facing a water cut in both instances.