Mumbai lake levels are up, and overflowing and torrential rain shows little sign of abating. Creases of worry on foreheads should surely have smoothened out. Reports claim that lakes are overflowing. Some reports have claimed that water is available for two months.

That is surely reason to rejoice given that we were struggling for rain and the threat of water cuts had loomed over the city for some time. This is also a familiar pattern in the monsoon, when the rain stays away for a couple of days and officials warn us about lower lake levels and impending water cuts.