Water Level In Seven Mumbai Lakes Rises To 35%, More Than Six Times Compared To Same Time Last Year

Mumbai’s major lakes saw a significant rise in water levels on Wednesday following heavy rain over the past few days. As per the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation data, the total water level in the seven lakes supplying water to the city stood at 35% of the total capacity at 6 a.m. on June 25.

According to the daily report from the hydraulic engineer’s department, the combined useful content across the lakes stood at 5.07 lakh million litres (ML), marking a surge of more than six times from 76,602 ML on the same date in 2024.

The data was shared by the official handle of the BMC in a post on X, highlighting the improving water stock position following recent rainfall activity.

The data shows that the Middle Vaitarna lake recorded the highest daily rise of 1.47 metres, followed by Modak Sagar with 0.56 metres. Tulsi and Vihar lakes also registered modest increases, reflecting the impact of recent rainfall activity across the catchment areas. Mumbai received 8 mm rainfall at the Bhandup Complex in the past 24 hours, contributing to a cumulative total of 441 mm so far.

Among the lakes, Modak Sagar holds the highest live storage as a percentage of its full capacity at 54.28%, followed by Upper Vaitarna at 40.16% and Vihar at 41.73%. Among the other lakes, Tulsi was 39.95%, Tansa stood at 38.81%, Middle Vaitarna was at 36.47% and Bhatsa at 28.46%.

The combined live storage in Upper Vaitarna, Modak Sagar, Tansa and Middle Vaitarna — the key sources for Mumbai’s daily water supply — has reached 2,88,041 ML this year, up from just 69,351 ML recorded last year.

Upper Vaitarna stopped releasing water on June 9, as mentioned in the note, and the Middle Vaitarna WSCPO gate remains closed.

The report indicates that the lake levels are also well ahead of 2023 figures, when the total water stock was just 93,971 ML at the same time.

Meanwhile, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a fresh bulletin warning of isolated very heavy rainfall over Konkan and Goa, as well as parts of Maharashtra and Gujarat, from June 25 to 30. Isolated heavy showers are also likely over Saurashtra and Kutch during the same period.

The IMD stated that the southwest monsoon has advanced further, covering the remaining parts of the north Arabian Sea, parts of West Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Punjab, along with the rest of Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Chandigarh. The weather department has forecast scattered to fairly widespread rainfall over central India, the western coastal ghats, eastern India and parts of northwest India over the next three days. Southern and western regions are also likely to experience isolated to scattered showers during this period.