Tulsi lake overflows but water cuts to continue in Mumbai

Water levels in the catchment areas are rising gradually, with the Tulsi lake, now at the 139.02m mark, expected to overflow on Monday night. The lake provides 18 million litres of water to Mumbai daily.

Though Modak Sagar is also 1.40m away from the overflow mark, the levels at the other four lakes are worrying. “The water cuts will continue as Tulsi lake is quite small,” said VP Deshpande, hydraulic engineer, BMC.

BMC officials also said that the lake levels at Bhatsa, Upper Vaitarna, and Vihar, which supply a large share of water to the city, continue to be a concern.

Though the levels rose on Monday, the catchments of these reservoirs will need some more heavy showers for them to attain the overflow mark. Rains have resulted in a slight rise in lake levels: by 2.74 metres at Modak Sagar, 0.51 metres at Tansa, 0.17 metres at Vihar, 0.27 metres at Tulsi, 0.58 metres at Upper Vaitarna and 1.50 metres at Bhatsa.