Mumbai: Mumbai Municipal Corporation’s Powai Lake, an important artificial lake within the Mumbai BMC limits, filled up around 6 am today (June 18, 2025). The water of this lake with a storage capacity of 545 crore liters of water is not potable and is mainly used for industrial purposes and other purposes apart from drinking in Aarey Dairy Colony.

According to the water engineering department of the municipal corporation, the lake filled up due to rains in the catchment area of ​​this lake for the last two days.

Here is a brief information about Powai Lake

This lake is located about 27 km (about 17 miles) from the Mumbai Municipal Corporation headquarters.

The construction of this artificial lake was completed in 1890.

The catchment area of ​​the lake is about 6.61 km. When the lake is completely full, the water area is about 2.23 square kilometers. When the lake is completely filled, it contains 545.5 crore liters of water. (5455 million liters)

After this lake is completely filled, its water goes into the Methi river.

Last year this lake was filled on 8 July 2024.

Mumbai: Demonstration in support of Palestine in Mumbai proved costly for the protesters when the police detained the protesters demonstrating in support of Palestine from midnight. The leaders who had announced to protest in different areas of Mumbai to express sympathy for Palestine were stopped by the police from going to Azad Maidan from midnight. Chunabhatti police detained Miraj Siddiqui, Gurgaon police detained Comrade Prakash Reddy, MIDC police detained Firoz Mithi Borwala.

The protesters had sought permission to protest in support of Palestine, but the police refused to give permission, while the protesters had warned them against protesting. Firoz Mithi Borwala said that the police detained us from midnight to stop us from protesting. He said that after the threat from Hindu extremist organization Vishwa Hindu Parishad Bajrang Dal, the police took this action to crush the protest. Hindu organizations had clearly threatened that if Muslims protest against Israel, they will take to the streets in support of Israel. It was only after this threat that the police took action against the protesters in support of Palestine, which is completely illegal. Mumbai Police said that the permission has been canceled to maintain law and order. Police has issued an alert in Mumbai.

Mumbai: Due to heavy rains in Mumbai city and suburbs, Powai lake has overflowed and the water level of many lakes has risen, but local train services have also been affected due to the rain. Trains on the Western Line of Central Railway are also running late by 15 to 20 minutes. The rain since last night has affected the normal urban system. Rain has been predicted in Mumbai for the next 24 hours.

According to the BMC, normal life is going on despite the rain. BEST buses faced traffic jams due to rain, while traffic system was also affected due to rain in suburban areas. Good rain has also been recorded in Kurla, Sakinaka, Andheri, Mumbai and Santacruz.