Last week, Mumbai and nearby areas experienced tremendous downpours, with rainfall averages reaching triple digits, resulting in a huge increase in the water stock of Mumbai's seven reservoirs. The average level of the city's seven reservoirs is now 36.86 per cent, according to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).

As of Tuesday, the overall water level in the seven reservoirs was 5,33,524 million litres or 36.86 per cent. In the same period, in 2023, the water level was 32.52 per cent, whereas, in 2022, it was 78.63 per cent.