This season’s rainfall is way below the rainfall recorded last year during the same period. According to data available, till date it has rained around 60 per cent.
Colaba and Santa Cruz have recorded 55.42 per cent and 61.17 per cent rainfall respectively this year. Last year, during the same time the two weather stations recorded 116 and 113.1 per cent rainfall respectively.
“As on September 7 this year, Colaba has received 1,285.3 mm amount of rain, while Santa Cruz recorded 1,633.3 mm,” said an official from the BMC. Precisely a year ago, that is on September 7, 2011, it had rained 2,689 mm in Colaba and 3,017.4 mm in Santa Cruz. The average rainfall in Mumbai for a normal monsoon is around 2,400 mm.
However, V.K. Rajeev, forecast director in India eteorological Department said that good showers are expected later this month.
“We are expecting one or two spells of rains in September once low pressure is formed in the Bay of Bengal,” he said.
Out of the seven water bodies supplying water to Mumbai, till date three lakes have overflowed, namely Modak Sagar, Tansa and Tulsi. Upper Vaitarna, Middle Vaitarna, Bhatsa and Vihar lakes are way below the overflow mark. Moreover, the BMC is yet to lift the 10 per cent water cuts in Mumbai.