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Vihar lake which supplies water to Mumbai. File | 3% as of June 22, 2026, as per the data released by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) Hydraulic Engineer’s Department.With a combined useful capacity of 14,47,363 million litres across the seven lakes, the total storage stood at 1,20,712 million litres as of 6 a.m. on Monday (June 22, 2026).Mumbai receives its water supply from seven lakes; 5 of which are in the neighbouring Thane and Nashik districts, and 2 - Tulsi and Vihar, which are also the two smallest of the seven reservoirs - located within Mumbai.Water levels in larger water reservoirs like Bhatsa, Tansa, and the two in the Vaitarna system are critically low, as the graphic above shows. For example, Bhatsa, the largest reservoir which has a capacity of 7,17,037 million litres has just 54,918 million litres (or 7.66%) of useful stock for the city as of Monday.With delayed monsoons and the daily water demand of the city, water levels in these reservoirs have declined since May 15, 2026, when BMC announced a 10% cut as a precautionary measure. BMC has been supplying around a daily limit of 3,950 million litres of water to the city. This leaves just over 30 days of water for the city in the reservoirs.Around this time last year, the combined useful water levels of the seven reservoirs stood at 25.87% (as of June 21, 2025). Water levels in each of the seven reservoirs since June 21, 2025 is shown in the chart below. Published - June 23, 2026 08:45 am IST

The Ernakulam Rural police are reviewing student safety in schools, covering infrastructure, personal, emotional, and cyber aspects. The structural integrity of compound walls and gates, police clearance certificates of school vehicle drivers, and vehicle fitness are being reviewed.The police have collected data on safety features in around 120 of the 140 schools in the Munambam subdivision using a 12-point questionnaire. Special attention will be given to schools that report shortcomings in the survey, officers said.Schools have also been asked whether complaint boxes have been installed and whether students have been sensitised on how to use them. The questionnaire also seeks to ascertain whether school authorities have taken steps to prevent the sale of drugs and tobacco products on their premises and to regulate the use of mobile phones by students during school hours.The questionnaire was provided to teachers appointed as school safety officers during a workshop conducted by the police on Saturday (June 20). “We have received the filled-in forms, and they will be analysed shortly. Based on the responses, steps will be taken to address the shortcomings in each school. A score below eight will be considered as indicating compromised safety,” an officer involved in the project said.District Police Chief (Ernakulam Rural) K.S. Sudarshan said the programme was initiated as a follow-up to the safety awareness measures undertaken ahead of the reopening of schools.S. Jayakrishnan, DySP, Munambam, who initiated the safety analysis programme, said student safety had to be ensured on multiple fronts. The Fire and Rescue Services, North Paravur, also joined the programme, conducting practical sessions on first aid for injuries resulting from falls, electric shocks, snakebites, and attacks by stray animals. Published - June 21, 2026 07:18 pm IST

With the onset of the monsoon, the partially collapsed water tank at Thammanam poses safety concerns. The collapse of Chamber 1 of the twin-chamber tank at Thammanam on November 10 last year had disrupted water supply in several parts of Kochi.Concerns are being raised over the possibility of further structural deterioration of the tank, as no strengthening work has been carried out on the damaged chamber, sources in the Kerala Water Authority (KWA) said.Seven months after the partial collapse of the 1.35-crore-litre water tank at Thammanam, no progress has been made on either of the two proposals put forward by the KWA to address the structural damage sustained by the tank, or on the construction of a new one.“Leaving the collapsed tank as it is is dangerous. It requires close supervision and careful intervention. The collapsed and damaged portions need to be removed, and the soil needs to be stabilised. This is necessary to ensure structural integrity and turn the structure into a single integral monolithic unit,” a KWA source said.According to the source, carrying out the strengthening measures would enable the tank to be used to reinforce the city’s distribution network.One of the proposals was to construct a new 35-lakh-litre tank on land owned by the KWA at Thammanam. The other envisaged redesigning Chamber 1 and continuing to use it after carrying out the necessary structural modifications, considering that the second chamber remains operational. Although a redesign proposal was submitted, the expert committee that studied the tank decided against restoring the collapsed portion and instead recommended the construction of a new tank. However, the proposed ground-level tank is still awaiting administrative sanction.“Overlooking the matter could lead to further deterioration in the future, which could damage the rest of the structure, including the presently functional Chamber 2 of the reservoir,” the source said. Even if the chamber is not used as a reservoir, the structure needs to be strengthened and the damaged portions removed to ensure structural stability. “The same compound also houses another tank, which is old. We need to strengthen these tanks to avoid further deterioration and damage,” the source said.The source added that five or six old tanks that are still operational in the city could experience structural distress in the near future and need strengthening. “We need to focus on climate resilience. Salty winds and soil salinity resulting from the State’s proximity to the sea erode these structures, causing structural damage. This needs to be addressed to prevent any catastrophes,” the source added. Published - June 21, 2026 07:57 pm IST