Pakistan

Water Level rising-up in Mangla dam

Published August 22, 2011 Updated August 22, 2011 11:19am

The sources told APP the present live storage of water in the reservoir was recorded as 4.568 MAF.

The inflow of the Jhelum river in Mangla dam was recorded as 19600 cusec and outflow as 13000 cusec, the sources said.

Since the Mangla dam has been raised by 30 feet, the authorities intend to raise the water level gradually under the phased program.

At the first leg of the program, the authorities intend to raise the water level by 1210 by the mid of next month.

Copyright APP (Associated Press of Pakistan), 2011