An engineering expert said the Sukkur Barrage was originally designed by the British to pass 1.5 million cusec of flood water but its design was later reduced by closing down some of its gates for technical reasons. The actual capacity of Sukkur Barrage now stood at 900,000 cusecs but on Monday morning it received 1.13 million cusecs. He said the designed capacity of Guddu Barrage was 1.2 million cusecs which had been reduced by silting and yet it received 1.149 million cusecs.
The Federal Flood Commission said the Indus was still flowing in exceptionally high flood with rising trend in Guddu-Sukkur reach and in very high flood with rising trend at Chashma. It said the flood bunds like Tori along the right bank and Qadirpur Loop bund along the left bank of Indus downstream of Guddu Barrage had breached, causing damage to crops and property.
The river was in high flood with falling trend at Kalabagh and in high flood with rising trend at Taunsa while it was in medium flood with rising trend at Tarbela. The Kabul river is in very high flood with rising trend at Nowshera and in high flood with rising trend at Warsak.
The FFC said the Chenab was in medium flood with rising trend at Trimmu and in low flood with rising trend at Marala and Panjnad. Tarbela dam has been filled up to 1536.10 feet while Mangla's storage has now been stopped at 1206 feet. The combined live storage of reservoirs was recorded at 10.813 MAF as compared to last year's 10.887 MAF.
The Pakistan Meteorological Department said that fairly widespread thunderstorm and rain were expected over lower Sindh, Kashmir and upper catchments of Indus, Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi and Sutlej rivers, including Rawalpindi, Sargodha, Gujranwala, Lahore, D.G. Khan and Bahawalpur in 24 hours.
