Thundershowers to lash parts of country today

Rains expected to break the spell of heatwave and nourish crops

ISLAMABAD:

Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has forecast pre-monsoon rain-thundershowers in most parts of the country from Wednesday (today) evening or night as the moist currents from the Arabian Sea are likely to penetrate in upper parts of the country from June 15 evening or night.

The PMD said that as a result, the showers will significantly bring down the mercury and nourish the crops, vegetables, and orchards by improving the water availability.

However, the dust thunderstorms may inflict damage to loose structures in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (K-P), Islamabad, Punjab, Gilgit Baltistan (G-B) and Kashmir during the forecast period.

Heavy rainfall may trigger landslides in Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan, and the upper parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and may generate flash flooding in the eastern parts of Balochistan Naseerabad, Jaffarabad, Jhal Magsi, Harnai, Sibbi and Bolan.

Water released into reservoirs

Meanwhile, the Indus River System Authority (IRSA) released 156,806 cusecs water from various rim stations with an inflow of 157,606 cusecs.

According to the data released by IRSA, the water level in  Jhelum River at Mangla Dam was 1070.00 feet, which was 20.00 feet higher than its dead level of 1,050 feet whereas the inflow and outflow of water was 21,598 and 21,598 cusecs respectively.

The release of water at Kalabagh, Taunsa and Sukkur was measured at 77478,86459 and 44220 cusecs respectively. Similarly, from the Kabul River, a total of 21000 cusecs of water was released.

Water in reservoirs still remains meagre

Meanwhile, the total water storage in Tarbela, Mangla and Chashma reservoirs has touched 88,000-acre feet, according to figures released by the Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) on Tuesday.

The water inflow in Tarbela was 87,600 cusecs and outflow was 86,800 cusecs, a Wapda spokesman said while releasing figures from a daily bulletin about the water flow in rivers and reservoirs in the country.

The water inflow in Mangla was recorded at 21,600 cusecs and outflow came to 21,600 cusecs. The water inflow in Chashma was measured at 114,100 cusecs with a total outflow of 150,000 cusecs, the spokesman said.

The water inflow in Chenab River at Head Marala was 26,900 cusecs with an outflow of 17,200 cusecs.

The water inflow in Kabul River at Nowshera was stated to be 21,000 cusecs while the outflow was recorded at 21,000 cusecs.

The water storage in Mangla reservoir was 79,000 acre feet while that of Chashma was 9,000 acre feet. The total water storage in Tarbela, Mangla, and Chashma reservoirs was 88,000 acre feet on June 14, the Wapda spokesman said.

(With Input from APP)