Thane: Two feared dead after entering Barvi dam amid heavy rain

Two persons are feared dead after they entered the Barvi Dam in Thane district on Thursday amid heavy rains reported PTI citing an officialThe two persons who are missing have been identified as Ganesh Chindu Kene 35 of Dongarnhave and Dyaneshwar Budhaji Gondhali 35 of Shastri Nagar in Dudhalepada As per the PTI report there are speculation that may have been swept awayHow they got into the dam amid such heavy rains is not known the district official said reported PTIA search operation is underway at the siteThe Indian Meteorological Department had issued a redalert for Thane on Thursday Additionally neighboring districts of Mumbai Palghar and Raigad were also on red alert Heavy rains lashed these said areas causing waterlogging local train and traffic jams Meanwhile in Pune heavy rains wreaked havoc in the city and four persons died due to rainrelated problems on ThursdayAn orange alert has been issued for Thane Mumbai Palghar and Pune while Raigad continues to remain on red alert on Friday All schools across all mediums and boards from grade 1 to grade 12 have been declared shut in these areas and KalyanDombivali due to alerts of heavy rainfallMeanwhile in Mumbai the collective lake levels in the seven reservoirs that supply drinking water to the city are now at 58 per cent as per the BMC dataAccording to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC data on Wednesday the collective lake levels or water stock in Mumbai lakes is now at 841396 million litres of water or 5813 per centMumbai draws water from Tulsi Tansa Vihar Bhatsa Modak Sagar Upper Vaitarna and Middle VaitarnaAs per the data shared by the civic body the water level in Tansa is at 9626 per cent At ModakSagar 8298 per cent of water stock is availableIn Middle Vaitarna 5301 per cent Upper Vaitarna 2540 per cent Bhatsa 5588 per cent Vehar 9314 per cent and Tulsi 100 per cent of useful water level is availableTulsi Lake one of two lakes that supplies water to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC area began overflowing at 830 am today This is a replay of last years occurrence when the lake began overflowing on July 20 2023 at 128 pm said the civic agency in a communiqueTulsi Lake built in 1879 at Rs 40 lakh is the smallest of the lakes that provide water to Mumbai The lake has a useful water storage capacity of 8046 crore litres 8046 million litres and provides an average of 18 million litres 18 crore litres of water each day The lake is roughly 35 km from the BMC headquartersThe Tulsi lake of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC one of the two lakes that supply water to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation area and are located within the BMC area has started overflowing at 830 am today July 20 2024 Last year also on July 20 2023 itself the lake had started overflowing at around 128 pm BMC said in its statement