Mumbai's Water Stock Falls to 97.58% as Reservoirs See No Rain

Mumbai's water stock marginally declined to 97.58 per cent on Friday, September 25, as all seven reservoirs supplying the city recorded no rainfall in their catchment areas over the past 24 hours. The seven lakes collectively hold 1,412,397 million litres of useful live storage against their total capacity of 1,447,363 ML, according to the Hydraulic Engineer's Department report from the Master Control Centre at Bhandup.

The current stock is down from 97.76 per cent recorded a day earlier and is also lower than levels on the same date in previous years, standing at 99.14 per cent in 2025 and 99.26 per cent in 2024. Among the reservoirs, Bhatsa holds 711,824 ML at 99.27 per cent capacity, while Vehar and Tulsi remain completely full at 100 per cent. Modak Sagar recorded the sharpest decline, falling to 87.59 per cent of capacity.