With about 40 days of drinking water stock remaining and June reaching its mid-way point without the southwest monsoon arriving, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will work out a strategy on Tuesday on how to weather the situation.

Catchment situation

This year, the catchment areas of the Tansa and Modak Sagar lakes have received 13 mm and seven mm of rainfall while those of the other lakes have not received any rain, according to information from the BMC. This has resulted in a rapid depletion of the existing water stock. However, this year’s stock still exceeds the water available on the same day last year —8.69 per cent or 1,25,824  million litres. In 2024, the water stock in the seven lakes was at 78,889 million litres, or 5.45 per cent.