Lakes For Mumbai Started Overflowing – First Modak Sagar & Now Tansa

It’s good news for Mumbaikars that the lakes supplying water to island city have started overflowing. First was Modak started overflowing on 15^th Saturday and now Tansa lake on 18^th July Tuesday. (Lake img source: Indiatimes.com)

As compared to last year the overflow of lake is early which was started overflowing on 2nd August, 2016. Modak Sagar was first lake to overflow this year. Modak Sagar, which supplies 1.28 lakh million litres of water to Mumbai daily, started to overflow on Saturday while Tansa started overflowing on 19th July 2017.

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Since 13^th till 20^th July the lake areas have been receiving very good rainfall.  14 cms recorded at Mid Vaitarna on 14^th & at Tulsi lake on 18^th July.

Following are the rainfall recorded in cms from 13^th to 19^th July 2017:

13^th July

Vihar, Upp. Vaitarna – 7 cms , Vaitarna – 6 cm, Bhatsa, Mid Vaitarna – 5 each

14^th July

Mid Vaitarna – 14 each, Upp. Vaitarna – 10, Vihar – 9, Vaitarna – 8, Tansa, Bhatsa – 5 each, Tulsi – 4.

15^th July

Vaitarna -12, Vihar – 11, Mid Vaitarna – 10, Tulsi, Upp. Vaitarna, Bhatsa – 9 each, Tansa – 7.

16^th July

Vihar – 11, Upp. Vaitarna, – 7, Tulsi, Bhatsa, Mid Vaitarna – 6 each, Tansa, Vaitarna – 5 each

17^th July

Upp. Vaitarna, Vihar, Bhatsa – 7 each, Vaitarna – 6, Mid Vaitarna – 5, Tansa, Tulsi – 4 each,

18^th July

Tulsi – 14, Bhandup, Vihar – 13, Vaitarna – 11, Tansa, Bhatsa – 8 each, Upp Vaitarna, Mid Vaitarna – 5 each.

19^th July

Vihar – 10, Tulsi – 9, Upper Vaitarna – 3

The above rainfall was due to very active monsoon condition due to the formation of low pressure area over South Rajasthan on 13^th July and thereafter low in Bay of Bengal. For more understanding about why there was heavy rains after 13^th July visit weatherview.in