Water in Tarbela Dam touches dead level

ISLAMABAD – The water level in Tarbela Dam touched dead level of 1378 feet on Saturday.
According to data released by Indus River System Authority (IRSA) here, the maximum water level in River Indus at Tarbela was 1378 feet, while inflow and outflow in the dam was recorded same as 26900 cusecs.
The water level at River Jhelum at Mangla was 1092.90 feet which is 52.90 feet above its dead level of 1040 feet whereas the inflow and outflow of water in the dam was recorded as 50,956 and 42,000 cusecs respectively.
Meanwhile, IRSA released 120,507 cusecs water from various rim stations while the inflow remained as 129463 cusecs. The release of water at Kalabagh, Taunsa and Sukkur was recorded as 29,403, 28,015, and 41,300 cusecs respectively.
Similarly, from River Kabul a total of 28,600 cusecs of water was released at Nowshera and 23,007 cusecs released from River Chenab at Marala.