Jun 1, 2021
KARACHI: The Indus River System Authority (IRSA) on Tuesday announced to increase water share of the Sindh and Punjab provinces after water inflow surges in rivers, ARY News reported.
The water regulator met here on Tuesday to review the overall water situation and increased the water supply to Sindh and Punjab on the basis of improved river flows.
The meeting noted that the inflow of water in the rivers increased from 229,100 cusecs to 252,600 cusecs – on June 1 and water shortage reduced from 18% to 13%.
Irsa’s spokesman Khalid Idrees Rana said the total water inflows at rim stations that stood at 172,000 cusec on May 28 had increased to 225,000 cusec on May 31.