With lake levels dipping to 23 percent, civic authorities have ordered supply reductions. (File Photo) Amidst forecast of below average monsoon this season in light of the prevailing El Nino systems , the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is set to impose a 10 percent water cut from May 15. The precautionary measure comes with the total stock in the seven lakes fast depleting, owing to burgeoning heat levels. Mumbai draws its daily potable water supply from seven lakes including Upper Vaitarna, Modak Sagar, Tansa, Middle Vaitarna, Bhatsa, Vehar and Tulsi, which have a cumulative holding capacity of 14.47 million lakh litres of water. On Monday, the total stock in the seven lakes touched 3.40 million lakh litres or 23.52 percent of the lakes’ capacity. On the same day, last year, the lake levels had dipped to 20.26 percent while in 2024, the water stock dwindled to 14.73 percent.…