Pakistan’s major reservoir, the Tarbela Dam, has reached its maximum storage capacity.
On Thursday, the water level at Tarbela Dam reached 1550 feet above mean sea level. Yesterday, the water level was just one foot below the highest storage limit.
The water levels in Pakistan’s reservoirs were gradually rising due to widespread rains in the upper catchment areas of major rivers and their tributaries.
Water levels at other reservoirs, Mangla Dam and Chashma Barrage, are also continuously increasing.
Tarbela Dam:
The water level at Tarbela Dam reached 1550 feet above mean sea level on Thursday morning with live storage of 5.728 million acre-feet. Tarbela Dam’s minimum operating level is 1402 feet.
Mangla Dam:
The water level at the other main reservoir, Mangla Dam, is 1217.45 feet above mean sea level with live storage of 5.423 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 643.3 feet with live storage of 0.094 MAF. Chashma’s maximum conservation level and minimum operating level are 649 feet and 638.15 feet, respectively.
River flows at different places:
Indus at Tarbela: Inflows 268300 cusecs and Outflows 238900 cusecs
Kabul at Nowshera: Inflows 44600 cusecs and Outflows 44600 cusecs
Khairabad Bridge: Inflows 258100 cusecs and Outflows 258100
Jhelum at Mangla: Inflows 38600 cusecs and Outflows 7000 cusecs
Chenab at Marala: Inflows 67600 cusecs and Outflows 49000 cusecs
Barrages:
Jinnah: Inflows 325800 cusecs and Outflows 319400 cusecs
Chashma: Inflows 403500 cusecs and Outflows 351600 cusecs
Taunsa: Inflows 485000 cusecs and Outflows 479700 cusecs
Guddu: Inflows 439100 cusecs and Outflows 417700 cusecs
Sukkur: Inflows 363500 cusecs and Outflows 315400 cusecs
Kotri: Inflows 129200 cusecs and Outflows 125800 cusecs
Trimmu: Inflows 79400 cusecs and Outflows 68300
Panjnad: Inflows 70500 cusecs and Outflows 56300 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.
