Out of seven lakes, four—Modak Sagar, Tansa, Tulsi and Vihar—are full at 100 per cent capacity
Vihar is one of the lakes filled to capacity
On July 18, the combined water stock of all the seven lakes was 2,87,082 million litres, which rose to 7,79,568 ml on July 22. Now, the lakes are filled up 63 per cent to their capacity and have more stock than the last two years, on the same day. There was 4.35 lakh ml water in 2020 and 7.87 lakh ml water in 2019 on the same day. The BMC imposed a 20 per cent water cut last August, due to insufficient stock.
Out of seven lakes, four lakes—Modak Sagar, Tansa, Tulsi and Vihar—are full to 100 per cent capacity. Bhatsa and Middle Vaitarna have more than 50 per cent stock, but Upper Vaitarna is still below 10 per cent.
63%
The capacity to which the lakes are filled up to
