The storage water is increasing in Mangla dam, reaching to 1051.30 feet following of melting of snow at the snow-clad catchments soon, sources said. As a result of the recent heavy rain and snowfalls in the top mountainous catchments, the water level rises by over nine feet on Thursday as its level elevated to 1051.30 feet, the sources told APP here Thursday.
The arrival of water in the Mangla dam was 27,239 cusecs and the 35000 cusecs of water was being discharged from the dam Thursday morning, the sources said. "The sources further said that water level in the Mangla dam was gradually rising since past couple of days. Nowadays the reservoir is being filled with the water for future usage of power generation and the irrigation purposes", said the sources.
The water storage process in the reservoir will continue till it reaches to the stipulated maximum level of 1202 feet, the sources added. It may be added that after the completion of the ongoing raising of the Mangla dam, the water could be raised in the reservoir to the level of 1250 feet.
Experts here believe that current rising of water level in Mangla dam would leave positive impact for enhancing the power generation capacity from Mangla dam besides for bringing an increase in per acre yield of agricultural produces in the coming days in various parts of the country.