Mumbai Water Supply

Ahead of Independence Day, the Bhatsa Dam, which supplies water to Mumbai and surrounding areas, has been lit up in the colours of the national flag.

At least two dams supplying water to Mumbai and located in Palghar district - Modak Sagar and Tansa - have started overflowing due to incessant rains in their catchment areas, an official said on Thursday.

Every resident of Mumbai including those living in slums or buildings without Occupation Certificate (OC) will have access to drinking water from May 1, Maharashtra Environment Minister Aaditya Thackeray said on Tuesday.

The seven lakes supplying water to Mumbai currently store 12.35 lakh million litres, which is 85.34% of the total useful content, and will last for nine months and 20 days, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation officials said on Friday.

The Tulsi lake, one of the seven reservoirs supplying drinking water to Mumbai, has overflowed due to incessant rains in Mumbai, including its catchment area, in the last few days, the civic body said on Tuesday.

Vehar lake, one of the seven reservoirs supplying water to Mumbai, has started overflowing after heavy rains in the last few days, a civic official said on Thursday.

With the rains playing truant and water level in the lakes dipping further, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has started supplying water to citizens from the reserve stock, officials said on Thursday.

About 24 per cent of the total water supply in Mumbai is not tracked by devices like water meters. The amount of unmetered water supply in Mumbai is higher than the national average of 15 per cent, the Maharashtra government told the state Legislative Assembly.

Mumbai will endure between 10-15 per cent water supply cuts from Thursday till the next monsoon, the Brihan Mumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) announced on Wednesday.

The Mumbai civic body has disconnected the water supply to an elite club whose members are mainly from the defence forces over non-payment of property tax of Rs 221 crore, an official said today.

With the city and its outskirts receiving good rains this monsoon, the seven reservoirs that supply water to the metropolis have been filled to 99 per cent capacity, a civic body official said today.

A 24-hour 'Bharat Bandh' called by 10 trade unions has shut down Kerala and much of Karnataka, but in Delhi and Mumbai buses are running and essential services like power and water supply have not been affected.

As the reservoirs supplying water to Mumbai have received copious rain this monsoon, city Mayor Snehal Ambekar has said that citizens will not have to face water cuts for a year.

One-year-old Pari's mother had filled all the buckets at home after getting water supply for the first time in several days; when she returned from her bath, her baby had drowned in one of the buckets

A sum of Rs 5 crore will be paid to the Chief Minister's drought relief Fund and treated sewage water can be supplied free to any part of Maharashtra, cricket board BCCI has told the Bombay High Court.

Ahead of Independence Day, the Bhatsa Dam, which supplies water to Mumbai and surrounding areas, has been lit up in the colours of the national flag.

At least two dams supplying water to Mumbai and located in Palghar district - Modak Sagar and Tansa - have started overflowing due to incessant rains in their catchment areas, an official said on Thursday.

Every resident of Mumbai including those living in slums or buildings without Occupation Certificate (OC) will have access to drinking water from May 1, Maharashtra Environment Minister Aaditya Thackeray said on Tuesday.

The seven lakes supplying water to Mumbai currently store 12.35 lakh million litres, which is 85.34% of the total useful content, and will last for nine months and 20 days, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation officials said on Friday.

The Tulsi lake, one of the seven reservoirs supplying drinking water to Mumbai, has overflowed due to incessant rains in Mumbai, including its catchment area, in the last few days, the civic body said on Tuesday.

Vehar lake, one of the seven reservoirs supplying water to Mumbai, has started overflowing after heavy rains in the last few days, a civic official said on Thursday.

With the rains playing truant and water level in the lakes dipping further, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has started supplying water to citizens from the reserve stock, officials said on Thursday.

About 24 per cent of the total water supply in Mumbai is not tracked by devices like water meters. The amount of unmetered water supply in Mumbai is higher than the national average of 15 per cent, the Maharashtra government told the state Legislative Assembly.

Mumbai will endure between 10-15 per cent water supply cuts from Thursday till the next monsoon, the Brihan Mumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) announced on Wednesday.

The Mumbai civic body has disconnected the water supply to an elite club whose members are mainly from the defence forces over non-payment of property tax of Rs 221 crore, an official said today.

With the city and its outskirts receiving good rains this monsoon, the seven reservoirs that supply water to the metropolis have been filled to 99 per cent capacity, a civic body official said today.

A 24-hour 'Bharat Bandh' called by 10 trade unions has shut down Kerala and much of Karnataka, but in Delhi and Mumbai buses are running and essential services like power and water supply have not been affected.

As the reservoirs supplying water to Mumbai have received copious rain this monsoon, city Mayor Snehal Ambekar has said that citizens will not have to face water cuts for a year.

One-year-old Pari's mother had filled all the buckets at home after getting water supply for the first time in several days; when she returned from her bath, her baby had drowned in one of the buckets

A sum of Rs 5 crore will be paid to the Chief Minister's drought relief Fund and treated sewage water can be supplied free to any part of Maharashtra, cricket board BCCI has told the Bombay High Court.