Tarbela water flow above dead level

The Indus River System Authority (IRSA) on Sunday released 287,400 cusecs water from various rim stations with inflow of 273,400 cusecs.

According to the data released by IRSA, the water level in River Indus at Tarbela Dam was 1467.83 feet and was 69.83 feet higher than its dead level of 1,398 feet. The water inflow and outflow in the dam was recorded as 106,400 cusecs and 120,000 cusecs respectively.

The water level in River Jhelum at Mangla Dam was 1188.85 feet, which was 138.85 feet higher than its dead level of 1,050 feet. The inflow and outflow of water was recorded 55,000 cusecs each.

The release of water at Kalabagh, Taunsa , Guddu and Sukkur was recorded as 163,000, 162,300, 151,500 and 76,200 cusecs respectively. Similarly, from River Kabul, a total of 75,200 cusecs of water released at Nowshera and 9,000 cusecs released from River Chenab at Marala.