{
  "id": 13739627,
  "title": "Mumbai's Water Security In Focus As Corporators Push To Desilt 7 Reservoirs & Boost Storage",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/11/mumbais-water-security-in-focus-as-corporators-push-to-desilt-7",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-11T14:25:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/mumbais-water-security-in-focus-as-corporators-push-to-desilt-7-reservoirs-boost-storage"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Mumbai’s seven drinking water reservoirs are in need of desilting, according to corporators who believe even a 4% increase in water storage could provide the city with 15 extra days of supply during shortages. During a recent BMC Standing Committee meeting, corporators demanded a systematic program to desilt the lakes, suggesting that doing so every five to 10 years, preferably before monsoon season, could prevent silt buildup from reducing their capacity. However, the administration will decide on desilting after reviewing a state government pilot project at seven major irrigation projects. The BMC will consider a desilting pilot project at Vihar and Tulsi lakes before expanding it to the other reservoirs.",
  "summary": "Mumbai: Mumbai’s seven drinking water reservoirs could regain crucial storage capacity through desilting, with corporators arguing that even a 4% increase in water stock could provide the city with 15 additional days of supply. During a recent meeting of the BMC’s Standing Committee, corporators called for a systematic desilting programme, saying even a modest increase in reserves could offer…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}