The water level in the lakes supplying water to the city has risen by mere inches in the absence of sustained spells of heavy rain. In Mumbai, the collective lake levels in the seven reservoirs that supply drinking water to the city now stands at 9.01 per cent, as per the BMC data released on July 5.

According to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) data, on Friday, the collective lake levels or water stock in the seven reservoirs that supply drinking water to Mumbai is now at 1,30,346 million litres of water or 9.01 per cent.