Middle Vaitarna lake which supplies water to Mumbai overflows; watch video

In the wake of heavy rains one more lake supplying water to Mumbai Middle Vaitarna Lake started overflowing on SundayThe Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMCmanaged reservoir is one of the seven sources of drinking water for the metropolis and is located in the adjoining Palghar districtThe Hinduhridaysamrat Balasaheb Thackeray Middle Vaitarna Reservoir a key water supplier for Mumbai started overflowing at 245 am today 4th August 2024 Two gates of the dam have been opened by 10 centimeters with water being discharged at a rate of 70630 cusecshellip pictwittercomCdcZyjVS6rmdash Mumbai BMC mybmc August 4 2024As of August 4 2024 at 245 am the Hinduhrdaya Samrat Balasaheb Thackeray Middle Vaitrana Reservoir has reached full capacity This marks the fifth reservoir to fill up completely this monsoon season Following this two gates of the reservoir have been opened releasing water at a rate of 70630 cusecs according to the BMCs water engineering departmentEarlier the Tulsi Vihar Modak Sagar and Tansa lakes began overflowing last month With the Middle Vaitarna lake now full five out of the seven reservoirs supply water to the BMCpacity Recent heavy rains in the catchment area have significantly increased the water levels in these reservoirsThe Middle Vaitarna lake which was filled at midnight has a maximum water storage capacity of 193530 million litres 19353 crore litresThe Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation completed the Central Vaitrana Dam in Mokhada taluk Palghar district in 2014 Standing at 1024 meters high and 565 meters long this dam was constructed in record time and is named the Hinduhrdaya Samrat Balasaheb Thackeray Middle Vaitrana Reservoir in honour of the late leaderThe combined maximum water storage capacity of the seven dams supplying water to Mumbai is 1447363 crore litres 1447363 million litres As of todayrsquos count at 6 am these reservoirs collectively hold 8910 per cent of their total capacityMeanwhile the India Meteorological Department IMD in its latest Mumbai weather update predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall on SundayThe weather department in its latest Mumbai weather update has predicted heavy rain in the city and its suburbs with the possibility of very heavy rain at isolated places Occasional gusty winds reaching 4555 gusting to 65 kmph in the next 24 hoursThe IMD has issued an orange alert for Thane Mumbai Raigad Sindhudurg and Nashik for August 4The maximum temperature in the city is likely to settle at 30 degrees Celsius and the minimum temperature will be recorded at 25 degrees CelsiusA high tide of about 435 metres is expected to hit Mumbai at 1223 pm today stated Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC The civic body also said that a low tide of about 156 metres is expected at 627 pm todayThe IMD on Saturday also issued a red alert for Maharashtras Palghar Pune and Satara districts for August 4Heavy to very heavy rainfall at a few places with extremely heavy rainfall at isolated places is very likely in Palghar the IMD said in its forecastIt said extremely heavy rainfall at isolated places in ghat areas and moderate rain in plain areas is very likely in Pune and Satara