IRSA releases 285,000 cusecs of water

ISLAMABAD, Jun 1 (APP): Indus River System Authority (IRSA) on Saturday released 285,000 cusecs of water from various shore stations against an inflow of 294,800 cusecs.

According to the data released by IRSA, the water level in the Indus River at Tarbela Dam was 540.5 m and was 70.56 m higher than the dead level of 1,398 m. The water inflow and outflow through the dam was recorded as 1,18,600 cusecs and 1,20,000 cusecs, respectively.

The water level of Jhelum river at Mangla barrage was 350.7 m, which was 138.75 m higher than its dead level of 3,000 m. Water inflow and outflow were recorded as 56,200 cusecs and 45,000 cusecs respectively.

Water release in Kalabagh, Taunsa, Guddu and Sukkur was recorded as 159,200, 179,300, 145,900 and 65,500 cusecs respectively. Similarly, in the case of Kabul River, a total of 77,200 cusecs of water was released at Nowshera and 15,400 cusecs was released from Chenab River at Marala.