Tulsi Lake Overflows After Heavy Rain
Mumbai: Tulsi Lake, one of Mumbai’s seven important drinking water reservoirs, began to overflow due to continuous rainfall in the basin area. Meanwhile, Maharashtra will experience heavy rainfall because it publishes heavy rain warnings in various regions for Monday, August 18, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD).
Tulsi Lake, which began to overflow on Saturday, became the third reservoir after Tansa and Modak Sagar. The officials from the Brahhanmumbai Municipality (BMC) said that seven reservoirs supplying water to Mumbai now have more than 90 percent stock.
Located in Sanjay Gandhi National Park, Tulsi Lake has a storage capacity of 8,046 million liters and contributes approximately 18 million liters per day to the city’s water source. Civilian officials, the lake, until July 20 reached a full capacity of 26 days after last year overflowed, he said.
The seven reservoirs that supply water to Mumbai are now holding an stock of over 90% and providing a stable supply for the coming months. Lake Powai, another reservoir in Mumbai, started to overflow in June, but is not used for drinking water.
In addition to Tulsi and Vihar, the metropolis receives water from Bhatsa, Tansa, Lower and Middle Vaitarna reservoirs and upper vaitarna dam in the Nashik region.
Meanwhile, Monsoon, which took speed in Shravan’s second week, concentrated again in the last two days and allowed IMD to give red and orange warnings for 16 regions.
According to IMD, Raigad and Ratnagiri regions are under a red warning for extremely heavy rainfall, while Mumbai, Palghar, Than and Sindhudurg are under an orange warning. In Western Maharashtra, Pune, Kolhapur and Satara (Ghat regions) are also under red warning, while some parts of Solapur and Pune and Satara have a yellow warning for heavy rainfall.
Authorities called on the citizens to remain careful for the next 48 hours. People are asked to avoid unnecessary trips, stay in safe shelters during heavy torrential rainfall and take protective measures for farmers’ products.
