Consistent heavy rainfall over the last seven days has resulted in the water stock levels in all seven city lakes rising considerably. The total water stock in the lakes supplying water to the city had dipped to a meagre five per cent on June 28. But the rainfall in the first week of July followed by that in the last two weeks has taken the water level to nearly 86 per cent, exceeding the level it had reached this time last year level by three per cent. It is also the second-highest July rain since 1959 for the Santacruz station.

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation had imposed a 10 per cent water cut across the city on November 14, 2018, with the water stock depicting a 15 per cent lower figure than that of the previous year’s. The civic body generally manages the water stock in a way that it lasts up to the end of July. But the delay in the arrival of monsoon had led to the BMC using reserve stock. The July rain has eased its woes finally.