August 17, 2021: Indus River System Authority (IRSA) Tuesday released 231761 cusecs water from various rim stations with an inflow of 259565 cusecs.

According to the data released by IRSA, the water level in the Indus River at Tarbela Dam was 1545.58 feet, which was 153 feet higher than its dead level of 1392 feet. Water inflow and outflow in the dam were recorded as 151200 and 130000 cusecs respectively.

The water level in the Jhelum River at Mangla Dam was 1203.15 feet, which was 1203.15 feet higher than its dead level of 1050 feet whereas the inflow and outflow of water were recorded as 26604 and 20000 cusecs respectively.

The release of water at Kalabagh, Taunsa and Sukkur was recorded as 156081, 160890 and 86130 cusecs respectively. Similarly, from the Kabul River, a total of 32700 cusecs of water was released at Nowshera and 49061 cusecs released from the Chenab River at Marala.

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