But the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation is not likely to implement more water cuts as reserve stock is currently being taken from government-owned reservoirs
Vaitarna is one of the reservoirs from which reserve stock is taken. File pic
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Reserves being used
Alarmingly, the reserve stock from the Upper Vaitarna reservoir is dipping as it is being used for almost a month. The water stock in this reservoir has now dipped to about 20,000 million litres. But Bhatsa's (government-owned reservoir) reserve stock of 1 lakh million litres is yet to be touched, and hence the reserve stock with the city is 1,20,000 million litres, in addition to the stock available in the seven reservoirs.
While the Vaitarna system that includes Upper Vaitarna, Modak Sagar and Middle Vaitarna, mainly supplies water to the western suburbs and parts of the island city, the Bhatsa system supplies to the eastern suburbs and parts of the island city.
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BMC speak
A senior civic official said, "Depending on the situation, the decision over the reserve stock is taken. But the delay in monsoon has led to us relying highly on reserve stock and the first week of June remained dry with no predictions for next 48 hours, adding to our worries." However, Ashok Tawadia, chief engineer of the Hydraulics Department, said, "There is no panic about the water situation as we are yet to use our Bhatsa reserve stock."
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