LAHORE/MULTAN/ISLAMABAD: India has once again released water in the Pakistani rivers without warning, raising the water level of River Chenab while the River Indus is in flood.

The floodwater of River Sindh inundated several areas of Layyah and Kot Addu. The floodwater also spread from Band Bosson to Jalalpur Pirwala and Bate areas.

The spillways of Rawal Dam in Islamabad were closed due to an increase in water level. The water level at Head Punjgand in Muzaffargarh has started increasing. Several villages in Qadarabad were inundated near the River Chenab and due to it, people are facing extreme difficulties.

The water level at the Guddu Barrage is increasing. Meanwhile, the Federal Flood Commission (FFC) has said that the River Indus is flowing in medium flood at Chashma and low flood at Kalabagh, while River Kabul is running in low flood in “Warsak-Nowshera Reach.”

According to the daily FFC report, River Swat continues to flow in low flood at Charsadda Road Bridge. The River Chenab is also at low flood stage at Qadirabad. Other main rivers including Jhelum, Ravi and Sutlej are flowing normally.

The actual river flows and reservoir elevations indicate that Tarbela and Mangla reservoirs are at elevations of 1,515.50 feet and 1,231.05 feet respectively, which are 34.50 feet and 10.95 feet below their respective maximum conservation levels of 1,550.00 feet and 1,242.00 feet.

The combined live storage capacity of Tarbela, Chashma and Mangla reservoirs is 11.220 MAF as compared to the last year’s 7.087 MAF.

According to the Flood Forecasting Division, Lahore, Monday’s trough of westerly wave over Kashmir and adjoining areas has moved away eastwards and a fresh trough of westerly wave lies over northern Afghanistan. Seasonal low continues to prevail over northwestern Balochistan. Weak moist current is penetrating into the southern Punjab upto 3,000 feet.

The Flood Forecasting Division, Lahore, predicted isolated thunderstorms with

rain over Punjab (Rawalpindi, Gujranwala and Lahore Divisions) and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Malakand and Hazara Divisions) including upper catchments of rivers Indus, Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi and Sutlej during the next 24 hours.

Fairly widespread thunderstorms and rain of moderate to heavy and very heavy falls at isolated places may occur over Rawalpindi, Gujranwala and Lahore Divisions including upper catchments of rivers Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi and Sutlej during the period July 17-18, 2015.





