As per the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) data, the total water stock in the seven lakes supplying water to Mumbai reached 1,050,912 million litres on Tuesday. This is 72.61 per cent of the total required stock for the season.

According to the BMC, the Modak Sagar, one of the seven key reservoirs supplying water to Mumbai, began overflowing after reaching its full storage capacity of 12,892.5 million litres. 

In response, authorities opened one gate of the lake by 1 foot, releasing water at a controlled rate of 1,022 cusecs per second.