After a long spell of poor rainfall, water levels across reservoirs supplying water to Mumbai have finally started improving in the wake of adequate showers over the past two days. Subsequently, the lake levels have gone up accumulating enough stock which can quench Mumbai's thirst for 12 days without cut being implemented.

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The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) supplies 3,750 million litres of water daily in a normal situation. In the backdrop of subnormal rainfall ever since the monsoon set in, BMC has been executing a 20% cut in time for which it supplies water to households. The cut was extended (ranging from 50% to 100%) to commercial establishments on Wednesday.

Even as BMC plans to execute the cut until July 31, the catchment areas received average 85.2 mm rainfall across the seven dams on July 16, while a day later, 89 mm rain was reported from the region. On July 15, the total useful content available was 99,517 million litres, which rose to 1,45,398 million litres on July 17, a rise of 45,881 million litres.

"Yes, the rainfall has been adequate over the past two days. As we have been maintaining, the meteorological department has predicted good rainfall in the catchment area until July 25. If that happens, we will be in a good position in terms of availability of useful content," a senior official from hydraulic engineering department said.

The official further said catchment areas receive 70% of the annual useful content during July and August. "However, we will appeal again to residents to use water judiciously as the situation has not improved completely," he added.