Indus River System Authority (IRSA) on Thursday released 24,200 cusecs of water from various rim stations with an inflow of 42,900 cusecs. According to the data released by IRSA, the water level in River Indus at Tarbela Dam was 1496.36 feet and was 98.36 feet higher than its dead level of 1,398 feet. Water inflow and outflow in the dam were recorded as 18,800 cusecs while outflow was 8,000 cusecs.

The water level in River Jhelum at Mangla Dam was 1120.60 feet, which was 70.60 feet higher than its dead level of 1,050 feet. The inflow and outflow of water were recorded at 8,000 cusecs and 100 cusecs respectively. The release of water at Kalabagh, Taunsa, Guddu and Sukkur was recorded at 15,900, 13,600, 4,000 and 4,900 cusecs respectively. Similarly, from River Kabul, a total of 10,600 cusecs of water was released at Nowshera and 5,500 cusecs were released from River Chenab at Marala.

 Credit : Independent News Pakistan-INP