Vihar Lake Latest News
The Vihar lake, one of the seven reservoirs supplying drinking water to Mumbai, started overflowing following heavy rainfall.
About Vihar Lake
- It is a man-made reservoir located near Vihar village on the Mithi River within the grounds of the Borivali National Park in North Mumbai, Maharashtra.
- The lake was built from 1856 to 1860 by the British government to overcome the drinking water woes of the people of southern Mumbai.
- It gets its water from the Powai-Kanheri hill ranges in the catchment area.
- It is the largest lake in Mumbai in the Salsette group of islands.
- It is bordered between the Tulsi Lake and the Powai Lake.
- It partly meets the drinking water needs of the South Mumbai region.
- It supplies 3% of the Mumbai city’s water requirement, after filtration at Bhandup, where the large water filtration plant is located.
Source: TP
Last updated on July, 2026
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