Altaf Hamid Rao,
MIRPUR (AJK): Water level in the country’s largest AJK-based reservoir of Mangla dam is rising as water level in the reservoir was recorded on Wednesday as 1157.25 feet, maximum conservation level 1242 feet, live storage today 2.080 MAF of the water, official sources said.
The minimum operating water level in the dam is 1050 feet, the sources told this Correspondent on Wednesday. The inflows of Jhelum river at Mangla was reported as 73800 cusecs with the outflows of 10000 cusecs from the Mangla reservoir, the sources said.
The overall position of the river inflows and outflows at Tarbela, Mangla and Chashma along with the reservoirs levels and the barrages remained on Wednesday as under:
The position of the river inflows and outflows at Tarbela, Mangla and Chashma along with the reservoirs levels and the barrages today is as under:-
Rivers: Indus at Tarbela: Inflows 242700 cusecs and Outflows 150000 cusecs, Kabul at Nowshera: Inflows 43800 cusecs and Outflows 43800 cusecs, Jhelum at Mangla: Inflows 73800 cusecs and Outflows 10000 cusecs, Chenab at Marala: Inflows 120300 cusecs and Outflows 87200 cusecs.
Barrages: Jinnah: Inflows 208500 cusecs and Outflows 200500 cusecs, Chashma: Inflows 209800 cusecs and Outflows 200000 cusecs, Taunsa: Inflows 203600 cusecs and Outflows 182400 cusecs, Panjnad: Inflows 15100 cusecs and Outflows Nil cusecs Guddu: Inflows 157400 cusecs and Outflows 126100 cusecs, Sukkur: Inflows 108000 cusecs and Outflows 52500, Kotri: Inflows 46700 cusecs and Outflows 4800.
Reservoirs (Level and Storage):
Tarbela: Minimum operating level 1386 feet, present level 1524.93 feet, maximum conservation level 1550 feet, live storage today 4.661 million acre feet (MAF).
Mangla: Minimum operating level 1050 feet, present level 1157.25 feet, maximum conservation level 1242 feet, live storage today 2.080 MAF.
Chashma: Minimum operating level 638.15 feet, present level 639.20 feet, maximum conservation level 649 feet, live storage today 0.013 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, the sources added.