The District Administration on Thursday categorically denied some electronic media reports about the development of a breach in Mangla Dam at Chitterpari after Wednesday's torrential rains.
Clarifying the reports aired by some radio and TV channels Thursday morning, Deputy Commissioner, Muhammad Tayyeb Chaudhry, quoting experts of Wapda and Mangla Dam Organisation, told APP that it was a seepage point of the dam installed in the formal design which starts functioning during torrential rains and stops working automatically after the rains.
He categorically declared that there is no danger to the dam since no breach had developed in it. Tayyeb said that after the reports, Chief Engineer of the dam Sheikh Altaf, Project Director Mangla Dam Raising Project, Abdul Rasheed Bangish, ADC (G) Mirpur Raja Saqib Munir and engineers of AJK Highways department rushed to the site at Chitterpari to investigate the situation and found no breach in the dam.
"Rather the seepage point has started functioning following the heavy rains experienced in the city and rest of district mid night of Wednesday and Thursday," the Deputy Commissioner added quoting the experts from Mangla Dam Organisation. The DC said the flow of water was gradually reducing and there was no any danger to the dam. When contacted, Abdul Rasheed Bangash told APP over the telephone from Mangla that it was a sag point where the heavy rainwater had gathered.
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