Altaf Hamid Rao.
MIRPUR (AJK), (Parliament Times: As a result of of continual heavy snowfall on upper reaches of the Himalayan state of Jammu and Kashmir, water level in the country’s second biggest reservoir – Mangla dam is constantly at the verge of seasonal dryness getting very much close to stipulated minimum level of 1050 feet following continual decline due to low inflows to the reservoir Tuesday, official sources said.
The water level in Mangla dam was reported as 1073.30 feet on Tuesday against maximum conservation level of 1242 feet with the live storage capacity of 0.138 MAF in the reservoir, official sources told this Correspondent here on Tuesday.
It may be mentioned that Mangla Dam stands largest reservoir in terms of water storage in the country, was filled to its maximum conservation capacity of 1242 feet, on August 17, last year as seasonal impounding of the reservoir, the sources said.
The inflows and outflows of Jhelum river at Mangla reservoir was recorded respectively as 18000 and 28000 cusecs of water from the dam on Monday.
“The inflows and outflows of the River Jhelum at Mangla have been reflected as mean flows of 24 hours Tuesday”, the sources added.
