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Report Center/ Water Updates
Inflows and outflows of rivers
LAHORE (March 21 2004): The
position of inflows/outflows at Tarbela, Mangla and Chashma
along with the reservoirs levels and the barrages at 6.00 am
on Saturday.
RIVERS: Indus at Tarbela - inflows 24,200 cusecs and outflows
24,000 cusecs, Kabul at Nowshera - inflows 11,400 cusecs and
outflows 11,400 cusecs, Indus at Chashma - inflows 26,400
cusecs and outflows 23,000 cusecs, Jhelum at Mangla - inflows
29,200 cusecs and outflows 28,000 cusecs, Chenab at Marala -
inflows 16,000 cusecs and outflows 9,000 cusecs.
BARRAGES: Jinnah - inflows 40,600 cusecs and outflows 36,600
cusecs, Chashma - inflows 26,400 cusecs and outflows 23,000
cusecs, Taunsa - inflows 28,600 cusecs and outflows 28,600
cusecs, Guddu - inflows 20,300 cusecs and outflows 16,300
cusecs, Sukkur - inflows 15,300 cusecs and outflows 400
cusecs, Kotri - inflows 1,900 cusecs.
RESERVOIRS LEVEL AND STORAGE: Tarbela level 1,365.08 ft, live
storage 0.001 Million Acre Feet (MAF) and dead level 1,369 ft,
Mangla level 1,042.25 ft, live storage 0.038 MAF and dead
level 1,040 ft, Chashma level 638.15 ft, live storage 0.013
MAF and dead level 637 ft.
Improvement in water inflows
recorded: Irsa
ISLAMABAD (March 21 2004):
Remarkable improvement of water inflows in major rivers of the
country has been recorded above 80,000 cusecs, especially in
Indus, Jhelum, Chenab and Kabul owing to snow melting impact
due to sudden increase in temperature.
Indus River System Authority (Irsa) said due to better inflow
in rivers, water situation is getting better and further
improvement is expected in the next week after snow melting
impact.
Talking to APP, an official of the Authority said that
unprecedented increase of temperature in the country would
contribute to snow melting process in the forthcoming days,
especially on small peaks of the hilly areas of NWFP and
Kashmir.
To a question about the recent water crisis in the country, he
said, "There is no water crisis in the country and the present
situation is just the matter of days."
We are hopeful about water improvement due to snow melting
impact within River Indus and River Jhelum besides the River
Chenab and River Kabul, he said.
Enough water will be available to meet country's need in the
coming seasons due to heavy snowfall over hills, especially in
upper parts of Northern Areas and various hilly areas of
Balochistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir, he said.
Water level at Tarbela, the biggest water reservoir of the
country was recorded 1365.08 ft which is the recently declared
dead level of River according to the decision of the Authority
instead of 1369 ft.
According to official data released by Indus River System
Authority (Irsa) on Saturday, water inflow at Tarbela dam
remained 24,200 cusecs and release was recorded almost same
24,000 cusecs to meet the need of Punjab and Sindh.
When asked to comment on the water position of the dam, he
said, "There is a crisis but for the time being only and will
be over within days.
Giving details about the Mangla dam, he said water level at
Mangla dam was recorded 1042.23 ft, which is more than two ft
above the dead level 1040 ft.
Water inflow at the dam remained 29,200 cusecs and outflow was
recorded 28,000 cusecs.
"We are expecting further water level improvement due to the
increase of inflow at both the major water reservoirs owing to
snow melting impact of lower hills of NWFP and AJK," he said.
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