As the rising temperature has started melting snow in the hilly areas up country the water flow has increased in the four live rivers. After meeting irrigation water needs of the four provinces, the Indus River System Authority (IRSA) has also begun to fill the two major reservoirs of the country ie Tarbela and Mangla respectively on the rivers Indus and Jhelum.
According to 7th June WAPDA report following is the position of the river inflows and outflows at Tarbela, Mangla and Chashma along with the reservoirs levels and the barrages,: Indus at Tarbela: Inflows 152100 cusecs and Outflows 144300 cusecs, Kabul at Nowshera: Inflows 63300 cusecs and Outflows 63300 cusecs, Jhelum at Mangla: Inflows 50700 cusecs and Outflows 25000 cusecs, Chenab at Marala: Inflows 54500 cusecs and Outflows 22800 cusecs.
Punjab Irrigation department told Business Recorder that the water regulatory body is releasing more than 2,80,000 cusecs water in the sprawling canal irrigation network of the country fulfilling all irrigation water indents of the four provinces for sowing the strategic Kharif crops including cotton, rice, sugarcane, maize, vegetables, and fodder for the livestock.
They said that Punjab is receiving about 57,000 cusecs from the Indus zone whereas Sindh and Baluchistan provinces are being supplied 1,36,000 cusecs water at Guddu barrage.