The water level in Pakistan’s major reservoirs is increasing gradually due to significant monsoon rains in the upper catchment areas of the rivers.
Currently, the Tarbela Dam is one foot below its maximum storage level, while the water levels at Mangla Dam and Chashma Barrage are continuously increasing.
Tarbela Dam:
The water level at Tarbela Dam reached 1549 feet above mean sea level on Wednesday morning with live storage of 5.671 million acre-feet. The present storage level is just a foot below the maximum conservation level of 1550 feet. Tarbela Dam’s minimum operating level is 1402 feet.
Mangla Dam:
The water level at the other main reservoir, Mangla Dam, is 1216.55 feet above mean sea level with live storage of 5.361 MAF. Mangla Dam’s maximum storage level and minimum operating level are 1242 feet and 1050 feet, respectively.
Chashma Barrage:
The water level at Chashma reached 639.5 feet with live storage of 0.019 MAF. Chashma’s maximum conservation level and minimum operating level are 649 feet and 638.15 feet, respectively.
The position of the river flows at different places:
Indus at Tarbela: Inflows 284000 cusecs and Outflows 254600 cusecs
Kabul at Nowshera: Inflows 53900 cusecs and Outflows 53900 cusecs
Khairabad Bridge: Inflows 279700 cusecs and Outflows 279700
Jhelum at Mangla: Inflows 46000 cusecs and Outflows 7400 cusecs
Chenab at Marala: Inflows 67500 cusecs and Outflows 49000 cusecs.
Barrages:
Jinnah: Inflows 405400 cusecs and Outflows 400000 cusecs
Chashma: Inflows: 472400 cusecs and Outflows: 454600 cusecs
Taunsa: 490600 Inflows cusecs and Outflows 488300 cusecs
Guddu: Inflows 396300 cusecs and Outflows 375500 cusecs
Sukkur: Inflows 326100 cusecs and Outflows 278800 cusecs
Kotri: Inflows 115800 cusecs and Outflows 108600 cusecs
Trimmu: Inflows 82000 cusecs and Outflows 70900
Panjnad: Inflows 58500 cusecs and Outflows 44700 cusecs
Reservoirs (Level and Storage): The inflows and outflows of River Indus at Tarbela, Jinnah 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.
