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While Mumbai has been severely inconvenienced by the rain this week, the good news is that water levels in lakes around the city have seen a significant rise. According to official data, a single day's rainfall has added 40,000 million litres of water to the lakes, increasing the total stock of available water to 4.50 lakh million litres today. This is the highest in five years.