As heavy rain lashed Mumbai and Maharashtra over the last 24 hours, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) data shows that the overall water stock in all seven lakes that supply water to the city stood at 97.57 per cent on Monday morning.

Mumbai draws its water from Tansa, Bhatsa, Tulsi, Vihar, Upper Vaitarna, Middle Vaitarna and Modak Sagar lakes. Even though the lakes reached full capacity last week, the water stock has been hovering between 95 and 99 per cent daily, failing to reach the 100 per cent mark despite the heavy rainfall recorded in Mumbai, as a massive amount of excess water gets washed away.

Of the seven lakes, Tulsi and Vihar are located within Mumbai, while the others are in the satellite districts of Palghar, Thane and Nashik. The full quantum of water stored i

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