Mumbai recorded 13 incidents of tree and tree-branch collapses in the past 24 hours, according to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). Of these, eight were reported in the western suburbs, four in the eastern suburbs, and one in the island city.
Additionally, one incident of a house collapse was reported in the western suburbs, along with five cases of short circuits across the city. Fortunately, no injuries were reported in any of these incidents.
Between 8 am on Sunday and 8 am on Monday, the India Meteorological Department’s Colaba and Santacruz observatories each recorded 6.2 mm of rainfall.
Meanwhile, the water stock in the seven lakes that supply drinking water to Mumbai rose to 28.21 per cent, amounting to 4,08,299 million litres, as of Monday morning. The catchment areas of these lakes received a total of 174 mm of rainfall in the past 24 hours. On the same date last year, the water stock stood at just 5.31 per cent, or 76,824 million litres.
