AS HEAVY rains lashed Thane and Raigad districts, in a day, the water level at the seven lakes, which provide drinking water to the city, recorded a 46 per cent increase. In the last 24 hours, water stock in all the seven reservoirs increased by 247,834 million litres. According to BMC data, as of July 22, all the seven lakes have 7,79,568 million litres of water (53.86 per cent) of their total holding capacity of 1,447,363 lakh million litres. Modak-Sagar and Tansa Lake started overflowing on Thursday. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said that Modak-Sagar Lake started flowing at 3:24 am, while Tansa Lake started flowing at 5:48 am.

Source: Indian Express July 22, 2021 23:06 UTC