The water level at Morbe Dam, the principal drinking water source for the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) and parts of the adjoining Panvel region, has reached 77.90 metres, with the reservoir’s live storage now standing at 54.19 per cent.
The improvement in storage comes as a major relief for civic authorities and residents after Navi Mumbai and surrounding areas grappled with a prolonged water crisis earlier this monsoon due to delayed rainfall and depleted reservoir levels. The situation had forced authorities to impose water conservation measures, while several housing societies across Navi Mumbai and Panvel increasingly relied on tanker supply to meet their daily requirements.
Morbe Dam, located near Khalapur in Raigad district on the Dhavari River, serves as the primary source of drinking water for Navi Mumbai and also supplies water to several CIDCO nodes and adjoining areas.
Recent rainfall activity across the dam’s catchment area has helped improve reservoir levels significantly after storage had dropped to critical levels in recent weeks. Earlier this month, civic authorities had warned that available water reserves were shrinking rapidly due to the delayed arrival of the monsoon.
With the reservoir now crossing the halfway mark in live storage, the latest figures are expected to provide temporary relief to both residents and administration, although officials continue to emphasise the need for judicious use of water until reservoir levels improve further during the remainder of the monsoon season.
