The lakes providing water to the city finally received water over the past two days of torrential rain and collected enough water for a month’s supply. The water level went up from 18 per cent to 29 per cent.

Mumbai has been receiving good rainfall for the past week, but the long break of monsoon where the lakes are located was a concern. The seven lakes had a combined water stock of just 2.87 lakh million litres (ML) against the total capacity of 14.47 lakh ML (29 per cent). As of 6 am on Monday, the stock increased by 1.28 lakh ML due to the heavy to very heavy rain, especially outside the city limits. The city receives 3,800 ML water every day.