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Water position to improve by
mid-March: Irsa
 ISLAMABAD: Water position at Tarbela, the largest water
reservoir of the country, would improve by the third week of
March, said Chairman Indus River System Authority (Irsa) Mian
Hafizullah on Thursday. Hafizullah made it very clear that no
water release would be made from the dead level of Tarbela
which was 1,369 feet.
According to official data released, water level at Tarbela
and Mangla on Thursday morning was 1,376.42 ft and 1,086 ft
respectively, with Tarbela remaining about 7.42 ft higher than
the dead level of 1,369 feet. Water release from major dams of
the country, Tarbela and Mangla, was slashed considerably to
meet the need of Punjab and Sindh because the demand was high
owing to long dry season in various parts of the two
provinces. The management of Tarbela reduced water release to
20,000 on daily basis to meet the need of wheat and sugarcane
in Punjab and Sindh against 13,500 cusecs inflow.
Water level at Tarbela was recorded at 1,376.42 feet and
outflow remained 20,000 cusecs against the inflow of only
13,500 cusecs. According to official data, a remarkable
decrease of inflow was recorded in the river Indus after the
beginning of heavy snowfall in various parts of Northern Areas
recently. The management of Tarbela Dam decided to decrease
the outflow to 20,000 cusecs from the largest water reservoir
of the country. The management of Tarbela reduced water
release from the lake under the Irsa decision. Tarbela lake
was about 174 feet lower than the capacity of the lake which
was 1,550 feet. The dead level of the lake was 1,369 feet.
About the water position at Mangla, an official of the
monitoring cell said that water position is decreasing at
Mangla day by day even on the basis of hours due to snowfall
impact. Outflow from Mangla was 28,000 cusecs against 15,600
cusecs inflow. Water level at Mangla was recorded at 1,086
feet and inflow was registered only 15,600 cusecs, with
outflow remaining higher than inflow 28,000 on Thursday to
meet the need of wheat and sugarcane of various areas of the
Punjab province. About the contribution of the Kabul and
Chenab rivers, he said that the same was registered at 6,355
cusecs and 6,980 cusecs respectively.
March 01, 2002
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