Mumbai, Aug. 16 -- The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Saturday evening announced that Tulsi Lake, one of the seven lakes supplying drinking water to Mumbai, began overflowing at 6:45 pm.

According to a statement from the Public Relations Department of BMC, the Tulsi Lake, located inside the Sanjay Gandhi National Park and linked to the BMC's Bhandup Water Treatment Complex, has a maximum storage capacity of 804.60 crore litres (8,046 million litres). With its usable storage now full, excess water has started flowing out.

Last year, Tulsi Lake had overflowed earlier, on July 20, 2024.

The BMC further informed that the combined water stock of all seven lakes supplying water to the city -- including Bhatsa, Vaitarna, Upper Va...