The worst is not yet over as the second wave of one million to 1.1 million cusecs of water, now entering Guddu Barrage, can create extreme pressure on Sukkur Barrage and other irrigation infrastructure in Sindh, Director General Pakistan Meteorological Department Dr Qamar-uz-Zaman said on Saturday evening.
According to him, the peak discharge at Guddu is expected to reach 1 million to 1.1 million cusecs because almost 310,000 cusecs of water is continuously being added to Indus flow downstream Panjnad Barrage over Chenab River at the border of Punjab and Sindh provinces.
It may be a sustained flood peak for two to three days at Guddu and similarly at Sukkur. Further, he said, it is feared that water poundage and back flow around Sukkur from first floodwave and the arrival of second floodwave can create extreme pressure on Sukkur barrage and other irrigation infrastructure around.