Mumbai: Powai lake overflows as heavy rains lash city
ANI / Updated: Jun 12, 2021, 20:47 IST
Maharashtra,
Powai lake has started overflowing, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation said on Saturday.
As per the release by BMC, Powai Lake, one of the most important artificial lakes in the BMC area, has started flowing at around 3 pm today. The same lake was completely flooded on July 5 last year. Considering this, this year the lake has started filling up and flowing about 24 days earlier than last year.
The water of this lake with a storage capacity of 545 crore liters is mainly used for industrial purposes as it is not fit for human consumption. Due to the rains in the catchment area of the lake in the last few days, the lake has started overflowing, said the water engineer department of the municipal corporation.
Soon after the rains hit Mumbai, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) issued an advisory warning about a bacterial disease known as leptospirosis and requested people who were drenched recently to look out for symptoms of the disease.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 12 (ANI): Following heavy rains in Maharashtra, Mumbai's Powai lake has started overflowing, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation said on Saturday.
Mumbai on Saturday (June 12) reported a slight jump in the number of fresh coronavirus cases as 733 persons tested positive for COVID-19, as compared to 696 the previous day.