A water report of Wapda said that about 40,000 cusecs water is flowing into the Kotri barrage on river Indus, 60 miles upstream the Arabian Sea, of which 400 cusecs water is being discharged downstream into the Delta after filling the irrigation canals taking off from the Kotri barrage on the Indus River.
It may be added that water is released below the Kotri barrage for only three months in a year during the monsoon season when there is surplus water in the Indus river for releases in the coastal Indus Delta region comprising Thatta and Badin districts. Experts say that lack of fresh water flow downstream Kotri Barrage is a national issue, as the coastal delta ecosystem and population was dying up slowly. According to the water report the present position of the river inflows and the barrages is as under Rivers: Indus at Tarbela: Inflows 151600 cusecs and Outflows 183300 cusecs, Kabul at Nowshera: Inflows 53200 cusecs and Outflows 53200 cusecs,Jhelum at Mangla: Inflows 45000 cusecs and Outflows 45000 cusecs, Chenab at Marala: Inflows 44200 cusecs and Outflows 11500 cusecs.
Barrages: Jinnah: Inflows 225800 cusecs and Outflows 218000 cusecs, Chashma: Inflows 235100 cusecs and Outflows 219000 cusecs, Taunsa: Inflows195900 cusecs and Outflows 167900 cusecs, Panjnad: Inflows18000 cusecs and Outflows 2500 cusecs, Guddu: Inflows 158900 cusecs and Outflows 119600 cusecs,Sukkur: Inflows 105900 cusecs and Outflows 53900 cusecs, Kotri: Inflows 39900 cusecs and Outflows 400.
Copyright Business Recorder, 2017