Mumbai: Water Level In Mumbai's Seven Lakes Rises To Ninety-Seven.
Once receiving smart downfall in structure areas, the water level within the seven lakes that provide water to the metropolis rose to 97% on Thursday. The seven lakes and dam reservoirs that provide drink to the metropolis area unit Tulsi, Tansa, Vihar, Bhatsa, Modak Sagar, higher Vaitarna, and Middle Vaitarna.
According to the knowledge shared by BMC, the seven lakes have 14,06,987 million litres of water or 97.21% as recorded on Thursday, against the complete capability, that is around 14.47 large integer million litres. Last year, throughout identical times, water stock was at 98.02% with 14,18,755 million litres, whereas in 2018 the water stock was 96.01% with 13,89,587 million litres.
Meantime, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Friday determined to withdraw the cut in installation in metropolis town from August twenty-nine, once stock in dams exceeded 95%.
The BMC had obligatory a 20% water cut in the metropolis on August five once the installation within the city's reservoirs went right down to 34%. The cut in the installation was reduced to 10% on August twenty-two visible of the advance in water levels in lakes.
The country received 27% a lot of downfall than traditional in August, the fourth-highest quantity within the last one hundred twenty years, the Asian country meteorologic Department (IMD) same. the downfall recorded in Asian countries from June one to August thirty-one was ten per cent over traditional, the IMD same on a weekday. The official downfall season within the country is from June one to Sep thirty.
Rainfall recorded in August 2020 is that the fourth highest within the last one hundred twenty years and the highest in forty-four years. this is often conjointly one among the rainiest months of August recorded.
The August of 1926 saw 33% a lot of downfall than traditional, the very best precipitation recorded up to now within the month; 1976 recorded 28.4 % a lot of downfall than traditional, whereas the August of 1973 recorded 27.8 % than traditional. This year saw a 27% downfall.