River Indus water was fast receding at both Sukkur and Gudu Barrages, and during the last 24 hours level at Sukkur and Gudu Barrages came down by 15,000 and 24.000 cusecs respectively. According to a spokesman of Irrigation Department here on Tuesday, the up-stream discharge at Sukkur Barrage was 4,00000 cusecs and 336,500 cusecs down-stream.
At Gudu Barrage, the up-stream discharge was 376,400 cusecs and 348,000 cusecs down-stream. The situation both at Gudu and Sukkur Barrage was termed by the spokesman as of a medium flood, and the level was likely to steadily decline in the coming days.
Meanwhile, talking to APP, Chief Engineer Sukkur Barrage, Muhammad Nawaz Memon said that Sukkur Barrage had the designed capacity to discharge upto 12 lac cusecs, and recalled it was in 1976 that 11,96,000 cusecs had safely passed through Gudu and Stakkur Barrage.
He said that the maximum discharge in the current flood season at Sukkur Barrage had remained within 6 lac cusecs, and in this regard he highly spoke about the quick rehabilitation of Sukkur Barrage by army engineers and the FWO in November, 2004, Apri1, 2005 period.
According to him, the flow through the Bay No 1, 2 & 3 of Sukkur Barrage was facilitated without any hindrance due to timely repair of the pond area adjacent to the right bank Dadu Canal.
He said that the present flood spell had proved a test case to the rehabilitation of the barrage, and expressed satisfaction that it had perfectly stood upto the mark.
Chief Engineer Sukkur Barrage said that it was a short-term plan, satisfactorily completed by the Pak Army engineers, and had saved not only Sukkur Barrage from devastation, but also rescued the agro-economy of Sindh.
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