Sindh, Punjab water share further increased
Irsa asks Wapda to appoint inspectors at nine key locations in two provinces
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A day after reversing its earlier decision to reduce water shares of Punjab and Sindh amid protest by the latter, the water regulator has further increased the water shares of the two largest provinces of the country to 106,000 cusecs and 115,000 cusecs respectively.
The Indus River System Authority (Irsa) has also asked the Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) to appoint inspectors – technical officials – at nine key locations in Punjab and Sindh in line with an instruction of the Ministry of Water Resources.
Tarbela Dam reaches dead level
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May 28, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Amid the ongoing Punjab-Sindh fight on withdrawal of water from the Taunsa-Punjnad (TP) canal, the country’s biggest Tarbela reservoir on Thursday reached dead level of 1400ft in the wake of a massive dip in water flows during the last three days heralding more water shortages in the country, particularly for Sindh and Punjab, putting the Kharif crops in danger.
Meanwhile, the total flows in the country’s water system alarmingly dwindled by 22.6 per cent in the last 3 days to just 1,43,900 cusecs on Thursday from 186,000 cusecs per day on May 24 with main dips in the Indus River at Tarbela by 25.82 per cent and in the Kabul River 30.85 per cent.