River Kabul flows in medium flood

The River Kabul at Nowshera is in medium flood level and flowing with 89,100 cusecs of water and the mighty River Indus at Chashma is in low flood level with a flow of 2,75,000 cusecs, the Flood Warning Centre said here on Monday. It said after third day of pre-monsoon rains in the upcountry, 1,51,000 cusecs water was running in the Indus river at Tarbela.
The water regulatory body IRSA is discharging 1,07,000 cusecs of water downstream the reservoir for irrigation and hydel power generation purposes. It said the River Kabul that contributes 17 percent water to the national water resources was in medium flood with the flow of 89,100 cusecs of water at Nowshera which was being put in the Indus zone water distribution system.
The water flow in the Jehlum River at the Mangla Dam is 54,000 cusecs. IRSA has reduced 50 percent outflow from the dam to the level of 25,000 cusecs so as to fill the elevated dam at the earliest. The River Chenab is contributing 79,200 cusecs of water at Marala to the Mangla zone enabling the water regulatory body to reduce outflows from the Mangla Dam.
The running water in the Indus River at Jinnah barrage is 1,81,100 cusecs, at Chashma 2,75,500 cusecs, at Taunsa 1,75,000 cusecs at Guddu Barrage 1,28.200 cusecs, at Sukkur 72,100 cusecs and at Kotri Barrage 15,795. The Sindh Irrigation department is releasing all the water running in the Indus River from Guddu Barrage to Kotri Barrage in the sprawling canal irrigation network in the province. The FWC said. The water managers have so far stored more than 5 MAF water in the reservoirs, Mangla dam 3.719 MAF and Tarbela 1.334 MAF.
Meanwhile, rain-thundershower occurred at scattered places in Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Bahawalpur, Sahiwal, Sargodha, Quetta divisions and Kashmir. The Met Office recorded rains as follows in mm (millimeter): Palandri 43, Murree 41, Islamabad(Zero Point 27, Saidpur 21, Airport 16, Shamsabad 07, Bokra 04 & Golra 02, Rawalakot & Dratian 17 each , Garhi Dupatta & Hattian Bala 16 each, Kallar 14, Kotli 13, Khanpur 11, Barkhan 10, Kakul 09, Palote & Sehrkakota 07 each, Mangla & Chattarkallas 05 each, Jehlum 04,Sahiwal & Jacobabad 03 each, Chakri, Gujranwala, Kund, Nauseri, Talhatta & Besham 02 each, Mandi Bahauddin, Balakot, Sara-e-Alamgir & Oghi 01 each, Skardu, Muzaffarabad, Chilas, Bahawalnagar, Gujrat & Sialkot (Airport) traces each.