Islamabad:

The Advisory Committee for Indus River System Authority (IRSA) will hold a meeting on May 5 to review the situation of the availability of water in the country for Kharif crops.

The meeting will also review the status of the implementation of the decisions made by the advisory committee at his last meeting on March 26. The meeting assumes a new meaning in the wake of India’s decision on April 23 to unilaterally suspend the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT).

According to an official declaration of the situation of water in rivers and reservoirs in the country per year. 1 May, the influx of the river Indus at Tarbela remained 63,000 CUSSCS, while the outflow was registered at 52,100 CUSSCS.

The influx of the river Kabul in Nowshera was 35,100 CUSERCS, while the outflow was also 35,100 CUSSCS.

At the Khyberabad Bridge, both the inflow and the outflow remained 65,500 CUSSCS. The influx of the River Jhelum at Mangla was registered at 48,700 CUSSCS, while the outflow remained 32,000 CUSSCS.

The influx of the river Chenab at Marala was 27,600 CUSERCS, while the outflow was 19,100 CUSSCS.

At Jinnah Barrage, the influx was recorded at 91,100 CUSERCS, while the outflow stood at 84,600 CUSSCS

At Chashma Barrage, the influx was 76,500 CUSERCS, while the outflow was 76,000 CuseCs; At Taunsa barrier, the influx was recorded at 56,800 CUSERCS and outflow 47,900 CUSSCS.

At Guddu Barrage, the influx was 40,100 CUSERCS and outflow was 40,100 CuseCs; At SUKKUR BADER was the influx 35,200 CUSERCS AND EXAMPING, 9,800 CUSSCS; At Kotri Barrage, the influx remained 5,000 CUSERCS and EXAMPING, 200 CUSSCS; At the trimmu barrier, the influx was 10,700 CUSERCS, and the outflow was zero cusives, while the inflow in Panjnad remained 5,100 CUSSCS with zero flow.

At Tarbela Dam, whose minimum operating level is 1,402 feet and maximum conservation level is 1,550 feet, the current water level is 1,432.04 feet. The useful water storage from May 1 was 0.560 million acre feet.

In the case of Mangla Dam, whose minimum operating level is 1,050 feet and maximum conservation level is 1,242 feet, the current water level is 1,132.70 feet. Applicable water storage at the dam from May 1 was 1,095 million acre feet.

At the Chashma Dam, whose minimum operating level is 638.15 feet and maximum preservation level is 649 feet, the current water level is 643.80 feet. The applicable water storage on Thursday was 0.107 million acre-foot

The document stated that the inflow and outflow data to River Indus at Tarbela and Chashma, the river Kabul at Nowshera, and the River Jhelum by Marda is based on a 24-hour average power. “For everywhere else, the data represents the water flow as registered at 06:00 today,” it said.