The Irrigation and Power Department, Government of Sindh has announced the following flood situation report on August 11, 2010: River Indus is flowing in super flood at Guddu Barrage and situation at this station will remain the same during next 24 hours.
River Indus is flowing in super flood at Sukkur Barrage and situation at this station will also remain the same during next 24 hours. River Indus is flowing normal at Kotri Barrage and it will be at low flood during next 24 hours. The river discharges at Guddu, Sukkur and Kotri Barrages as recorded at 6am on August 11, 2010 are as follow: At Guddu Barrage upstream discharge was recorded 1,036,752 cusecs, downstream discharge was 1,036,214 cusecs and flood stage at upstream was super flood.
At Sukkur Barrage upstream discharge was recorded 1,130,995 cusecs, downstream discharge was 1,108,795 cusecs and flood stage at upstream was super flood. At Kotri Barrage upstream discharge was recorded 199,231 cusecs, downstream was 196,856 and flood stage at upstream was normal.
The position at RIM stations was as follows: Indus River at Tarbela upstream inflow was 483,000 cusecs, downstream inflow 453,500 cusecs and flood stage was high. Kabul at Naushera upstream inflow 222,600 cusecs and the flood stage was very high. The super flood is passing through Guddu Barrage with discharge of 1,037,752 cusecs. It is expected that the discharge at Sukkur Barrage will remain in the range of 1,050,000 cusecs to 1,100,000 cusecs within next 24 hours. Strict vigilance is being carried out round the clock along the bunds.