Overwhelming threats to Indus River, Amidst heavy Monsoon
Strong water flow which has been flowing downstream from tributaries in the north has been seen to overwhelm the Indus River in Sindh, by giving a major threat to burst its banks in the wake of affecting a large number of sections of land of rich farmland because of weeks long constant downpour fall across different parts of the country.
Although, a major relief operation was underway in the country alongside international aid for helping the flood victims. Many rivers as well as tributaries in the province of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa have been witnessing medium to very high flows of water reaching lowlands.
In context, the Swat River, which was responsible for causing the massive devastation in the district last week, had recorded a decrease of water of around 41,000 cusecs.
It has been also reported that around 296,731 cusecs of water were passing through the river at Nowshera which was yet again considered as a very high flow.
Moreover, a high flow of water was also reported in the River Kabul at the Warsak with around 103,614 cusecs. It has been reported by the local officials that the water level in River Kabul is expected to go down as the flood water has proceeded towards the south region.
According to Wapda, the country’s largest dam which is Tarbela, was releasing its flow of water of around 264,700 cusecs, and in the same way, water inflow at Mangla was 39,400 cusecs alongside outflow recorded at 10,000 cusecs.
According to a Wapda spokeswoman, the combined water storage present in the Tarbela, Mangla, and Chashma reservoirs has reached 9.271 million acre-feet (MAF), with the Tarbela dam holding a capacity of 5.827 MAF and Mangla dam holding 3.412 MAF. The spokesman also stated that around 32,000-acre feet of water may be stored in Chashma.
Overwhelming threats to Indus River, Amidst heavy Monsoon
In the meantime, as per the information delivered by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), 75 men 27 youngsters, and 17 women have been passed and 59 others were harmed during the last 24 hours, raising the general loss of life from floods to 1,136. The NDMA said that floods obliterated 1.051 million houses.
This year’s monsoon heavily devastated not only the lives of the people but also the infrastructure across various areas of the country. This year’s flood has been recorded as the worst of all owing to its intensity and the way it has posed unprecedented challenges for the people of Pakistan. Climate Change Minister Sherry Rehman has given it the name of”the monster monsoon of the decade”. It said that the number of people that have been affected by the floods had risen to 33.46 million.
