Altaf Hameed Rao;
MIRPUR (AJK): Water level in the country’s biggest Mangla dam’s reservoir has receded to greater extent. But at the same time, the water level in the reservoir is getting improved following gradual high flow of the rivers falling in the dam due to melting on snow on upper reaches of the Himalaya.
Official sources told this Correspondent Friday that water level in the Mangla Dam on Friday went down to the dead level of 1094.65 feet and it was gradually receding. 1242 is the maximum conservation of water level in the reservoir of the largest dam in the country, located in Mirpur district of AJK.
Minimum operating level of water in Mangla dam is 1050 feet with present level 1094.65 feet with live storage today 0.273 MAF, the sources said.
Inflows of Jhelum river in Mangla dam reservoir on Monday was 34700 cusecs against the outflows of 45000 cusecs of water from the dam, the sources said. The sources said that there has also been a considerable decline in per day power generation from Mangla dam following the receding of water level in the reservoir.
The position of the river inflows and outflows at Tarbela, Mangla and Chashma along with the reservoirs levels and the barrages on Friday was reported as under:-
Rivers: Indus at Tarbela: Inflows 34000 cusecs and Outflows 33500 cusecs, Kabul at Nowshera: Inflows 21100 cusecs and Outflows 21100 cusecs, Jhelum at Mangla: Inflows 34700 cusecs and Outflows 45000 cusecs, Chenab at Marala: Inflows 13300 cusecs and Outflows 3400 cusecs.
Barrages: Jinnah: Inflows 60600 cusecs and Outflows 57100 cusecs, Chashma: Inflows 58400 cusecs and Outflows 60000 cusecs, Taunsa: Inflows 49500 cusecs and Outflows 44900 cusecs, Panjnad: Inflows 4100 cusecs and Outflows Nil cusecsGuddu: Inflows 35700 cusecs and Outflows 34100 cusecs, Sukkur: Inflows 31200 cusecs and Outflows 8800, Kotri: Inflows 5200 cusecs and Outflows Nil.
Reservoirs (Level and Storage):
Tarbela: Minimum operating level 1386 feet, present level 1386.00 feet, maximum conservation level 1550 feet, live storage today 0.000 million acre feet (MAF).
Mangla: Minimum operating level 1050 feet, present level 1094.65 feet, maximum conservation level 1242 feet, live storage today 0.273 MAF.
Chashma: Minimum operating level 638.15 feet, present level 638.60 feet, maximum conservation level 649 feet, live storage today 0.005 MAF.
The inflows and outflows of River Indus at Tarbela and Chashma, River Kabul at Nowshera and River Jhelum at Mangla have been reflected as mean flows of 24 hours, whereas the other flows have been gauged at 6.00 a.m on Friday