Archive · 23 Jul 2025
Mumbai's Tansa Lake Overflows After Heavy Rainfall
Imagine Mumbai gets its water from seven big lakes.
Recently, one of them, called Tansa, got so full from heavy rain that it started overflowing!
This is like when your bathtub gets too full and the water spills over.
Tansa can hold a lot of water, about 14,508 million liters.
All the lakes that provide water to Mumbai are filling up because of the rain.
The total water in all seven lakes is almost 87% full.
Tansa lake, one of Mumbai's seven reservoirs, overflowed on Wednesday evening.
The catchment areas of Tansa lake have been receiving heavy rainfall.
Tansa lake has a total capacity of 14,508 million liters.
The total water stock in all seven reservoirs reached 86.88% as of Wednesday morning.
This is the second lake to overflow after Modak Sagar dam.
- Who
- Civic officials reported the overflow.
- What
- Tansa lake overflowing due to heavy rainfall.
- When
- Wednesday evening, July 24, 2024
- Where
- Tansa lake, located in Thane district near Mumbai.
- Why
- Catchment areas received heavy rainfall.
- Lake
- Tansa
- Location
- Thane district
- Overflow Time
- 5:40 PM Wednesday
- Lake Capacity
- 14,508 million litres
- Water Stock Percentage
- 86.88%