{"id":367045,"date":"2026-07-09T16:06:31","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T10:36:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=367045"},"modified":"2026-07-09T16:06:31","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T10:36:31","slug":"tulsi-lake-and-vihar-lake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/tulsi-lake-and-vihar-lake\/","title":{"rendered":"Tulsi Lake and Vihar Lake"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-green\">\n<p><b>News: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tulsi Lake and Vihar Lake have begun overflowing after heavy rain in Mumbai.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\"><b>About Tulsi Lake and Vihar Lake<\/b><\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 454px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/FOcXkJ3VcAI_Isr.jpg?resize=454%2C454&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Tulsi Lake\" width=\"454\" height=\"454\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: HT<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Location:<\/strong> Tulsi Lake and Vihar Lake are located in<\/span><b> Mumbai, Maharashtra.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are <\/span><b>Mumbai\u2019s smallest potable water-supplying lakes.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>About Tulsi Lake:<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u00a0 is Mumbai\u2019s<\/span><b> smallest man-made reservoir.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is<\/span><b> located within the Sanjay Gandhi National Park.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its water was <\/span><b>formally channeled into the city<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by the <strong>then-Governor, Sir Richard Temple Bart<\/strong>, on <strong>March 15, 1879<\/strong>.<\/span><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li>It is<b> one of the seven lakes supplying drinking water to Mumbai.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Catchment area:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It has a catchment area o<\/span>f about<b> 6.76 sq. km <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and a water spread area of around <strong>1.35<\/strong> <b>sq. km<\/b>\u00a0when full.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Storage capacity:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It has a <\/span>live storage capacity of<b> 8,046 million litres <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span>supplies an average of <b>18 million litres<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of water every day.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>About Vihar Lake:<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is<\/span><b> the second-smallest lake reservoir.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the<\/span><b> oldest man-made reservoir<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the city which <\/span><b>was commissioned in 1860.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Storage capacity: It has a storage capacity of 27,698 million litres,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> supplying 90 million litres of water to the city every day. <\/span><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Water overflowing from<\/span><b> Tulsi Lake naturally flows into Vihar Lake,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> helping maintain the interconnected water management system that serves the city.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The overflow from<\/span><b> both Tulsi and Vihar lakes drains directly into the <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/mithi-river\/\"><b>Mithi River<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which cuts through the centre of Mumbai before emptying into the Arabian Sea.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Tulsi Lake and Vihar Lake have begun overflowing after heavy rain in Mumbai. About Tulsi Lake and Vihar Lake Location: Tulsi Lake and Vihar Lake are located in Mumbai, Maharashtra.\u00a0 They are Mumbai\u2019s smallest potable water-supplying lakes. About Tulsi Lake: It\u00a0 is Mumbai\u2019s smallest man-made reservoir. 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