The combined water stock in the seven lakes that serve Mumbai dipped to 6.1% of the total capacity as the wait for monsoon continued on Tuesday. Municipal officials assured there was no need to panic as the lakes held enough water to last all of next month along with reserve stocks.

The BMC supplies the city 3,420 million litres of water every day, while the stock in the lakes stands at 88,743 million litres which is the lowest in three years for this time of the year. In Upper Vaitarna, useful water stock stands at zero, while in Bhatsa, one of the bigger lakes supplying water in Mumbai, it is at 0.9 per cent. The Bhatsa system supplies water to the eastern suburbs and some parts of the island city like Matunga, Dongri, Sion and Byculla.