Mumbai: Lake levels in seven reservoirs that supply water to city at 68.06 pc

In Mumbai the collective water stock in the seven reservoirs that supply drinking water to the city is now 6806 per cent as per the BMC dataAccording to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC data on Friday the collective water stock in the seven reservoirs that supply drinking water to Mumbai is now at 985130 million litre of water or 6806 per centThe Modak Sagar lake one of the seven lakes that supply water to Mumbai started overflowing on July 27 at 1052 pm the civic body said late Thursday Earlier on July the Tulsi lake overflowed following heavy rains in the city and suburbsMumbai draws water from Tulsi Tansa Vihar Bhatsa Modak Sagar Upper Vaitarna and Middle VaitarnaAs per the data shared by the civic body the water level in Tansa is at 9958 per cent At ModakSagar 100 per cent of water stock is availableIn Middle Vaitarna 7970 per cent Upper Vaitarna 4278 per cent Bhatsa 5922 per cent Vihar 100 per cent and Tulsi 100 per cent of useful water level is availableMeanwhile most parts of Mumbai received light rains with occasional spells of moderate to heavy showers on Friday but the India Meteorological Department IMD has predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall in the cityHeavy to very heavy rainfall in city and suburbs with the possibility of extremely heavy rainfall at isolated places likely today Occasional gusty winds reaching 4050 kmph very likely the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC said on FridayFor Friday the IMD has issued a yellow alert for Mumbai predicting heavy rainfall at isolated placesA high tide of about 320 metres is expected to hit Mumbai at 708 pm today stated Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC The civic body also said that a low tide of about 252 metres is expected at 150 pm todayThe island city eastern and western suburbs received an average rainfall of 10082 mm 9479 mm and 12912 mm respectively in 24 hours ending 8 am the civic bodys data showedSome motorists complained that traffic on the Eastern as well as Western expressways was moving slow but there was no issue on the Eastern Freeway connecting Chembur to south MumbaiThe city traffic police said there was a traffic snarl on the SionPanvel highway after a chemical tanker overturned at Uran Phata in Navi Mumbai in the morningOn Thursday heavy rains lashed the city especially its northern parts causing waterlogging at many places which badly affected the movement of vehiclesThe BMC had declared a holiday for all schools and colleges on ThursdayDue to heavy rains waterlogging was witnessed in Matunga DN Nagar Byculla Trombay Azad Maidan Kandivali Kalbadevi Oshiwara Dahisar Magathane on Thursday with water being almost halffeet in most of these areas