Tag: Tarbela Dam
20 still missing in Tarbela capsizing incident: commissioner
ABBOTTABAD: Hazara division Commissioner Syed Zaheer ul Islam here on Monday said the ill-fated boat, which capsized last week in Tarbela Lake near Keh...
Water crisis looms as Mangla, Tarbela dams near dead level
--Water level at Tarbela drops to 30ft above 'dead level', 63ft in Mangla, says IRSA
LAHORE: The Indus River System Authority (IRSA) on Thursday warned...
Tarbela storage capacity reduces by 40.58pc
ISLAMABAD: The water storage capacity of Tarbela Dam has been reduced by 40.58 percent owing to silting in the reservoir as a per the...
Water crisis looms large as Tarbela Dam hits dead level
ISLAMABAD: Dwindling rainfall and snowmelt are taking their toll on the country’s depleting water resources as Tarbela Dam has reached its dead level of 1,...
Storage level on the rise in Tarbela, Mangla dams
LAHORE: The Water and Power Development Authority stated that the storage level in the Tarbela and Mangla reservoirs has been rising following rains in the...
Country’s current water situation hits record low: IRSA
ISLAMABAD: Due to less snowfall in winter, the Indus River System Authority (IRSA) in April anticipated and unanimously announced a 31 per cent shortage...
Low water level: 9 power generating units shut down at Tarbela
HARIPUR: Nine power generating units of the Tarbela Dam were shut down on Tuesday owing to the low water level in the lake.
According to the...
Tarbela 4th extension project starts power generation: report
In another achievement, Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) has started electricity generation from the 4th extension of Tarbela, reported a local English newspaper.
WAPDA...
SC adjourns hearing of case regarding illegal construction in Bani Gala...
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday adjourned the hearing of the case regarding illegal development of land in Bani Gala area of Islamabad for...
Silt eating up Tarbela’s storage capacity
--Capacity of 150,000 lakh acre feet lost
Silt deposits in Tunnel 4 of the Tarbela Dam have reduced its water storage capacity, due to which,...
Chinese engineers among four dead as Tarbela Dam shuttering collapses
Four people, including three Chinese engineers, were killed when the shuttering at the construction site for the Tarbela extension project in Haripur collapsed on...