The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is likely to announce a 10% water cut across Mumbai city in the next few days. Following a significant depletion in the water stocks in seven lakes supplying water to Mumbai, the civic body is preparing for its next move, Indian Express reported.
On Tuesday, the water levels in the lakes dropped to 49.37% of their total capacity of storage, the lowest in the past three years, reported The Indian Express. Currently, the total stored water is estimated to be 7.14 lakh million litres.
In February 2023, the water stock was at 54%, while a year before that, it was at 57%. The seven lakes receive water during the September-October rainfall every year. However, in the last year’s monsoon, the rainfall was comparatively lesser, leading to the current shortage.
Reportedly, the BMC has requested the irrigation department to allot more drinking water from the Upper Vaitarna Lake and Bhatsa Lake. Meanwhile, the Additional Municipal Commissioner (Projects) P Velrasu said that the water cut will come into force by the end of this month if the request doesn't evoke a positive response from the department.
With a similar condition earlier, the BMC imposed a cut on July 1, 2023, which was then withdrawn on August 8.
As per the reports, Mumbai city receives as much as 3,900 million water daily from the lakes, including Modak Sagar, Bhatsa, Upper Vaitarna, Tansa, Middle Vaitarna, Vihar, and Tulsi.
Meanwhile, the weather officials of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) have highlighted a warmer winter this year. This, too, will hurt the recovery of water through rainfall.
Previously, to address the air pollution in the city, BMC considered conducting cloud seeding. However, it was called off as the firms did not respond.
(Edited by : Sudarsanan Mani)
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