Due to continuous rainfall, lakes are overflowing, some having brimmed over twice this season. The water stock in lakes is more than 96 per cent of their total capacity. While this is the largest mid-August stock in the past few years, it does not guarantee that the city will get water supply continuously till the next monsoon and there will be no cuts. It is a matter of record that the city faces water cuts in the wake of a dry September.

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