Mumbai has only 42 days stock of drinking water and domestic use. According to a report in Hindustan Times, only 42 days of water is left in 7 lakes and dams that supply water to Mumbai. However, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has said that there is no need to panic, the amount of water will increase as soon as it rains. According to the report, if seen in the city of Mumbai, there is a demand of 420 million liters of water per day. However, in comparison BMC is able to supply only 375 crore liters of water daily.
The current water stock is just 10.68% of the total stock. On Sunday, the water stock that is useful in all seven lakes was at 1.54 lakh litres. The total storage capacity is 14.47 lakh litres.During the same time in 2019, the seven lakes – Upper Vaitarna, Middle Vaitarna, Modak Sagar, Tansa, Bhatsa, Vihar, and Tulsi – together had 82,829 litres of water. But this year's level is less than 13.09% which was seen in 2018 in the same duration, the report said.
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation had in 2018, had ordered a 10% water cut across the city. The civic body, however, said that so far, no such move has been planned.