LAHORE, July 28: The river Indus was rising at Tarbela, Taunsa, Guddu and Sukkur on Monday while it was steady at Kotri and Kalabagh.

It was in medium flood at Chashma and in low flood at Tarbela, Kalabagh, Taunsa, Guddu and Sukkur. All other rivers were flowing normal with no significant change expected during the next 24 hours.

A report of the Flood Forecasting Division said the Indus was discharging 383,000 cusecs on Monday morning and likely to touch the mark of 415,000 cusecs at this point during the next 24 hours.

It said that rain of light to moderate intensity with isolated heavy falls over Hyderabad division; rain of light to moderate intensity with heavy falls at one or two places over Rawalpindi and Karachi divisions were reported.

Scattered rain of light to moderate intensity was also reported from upper catchment of river Jhelum, Sukkur and Kalat divisions, northeastern Balochistan; a few thunder showers of light to moderate intensity from the upper

catchments of the Ravi and Chenab, Kohat and Bahawalpur divisions. Isolated light to moderate rain also occurred over Peshawar, Lahore and Gujranwala divisions during the last 24 hours.

According to the Met office, Sunday’s deep monsoon low over southeastern Madhya Pradesh (India) moved further in north westerly direction and now lies over western Madhya Pradesh and adjoining Gujarat state.

Westerly wave over Kashmir continues to persist while seasonal low lies over central Iran. The monsoon current from Arabian Sea is reaching Punjab and Sindh.

Experts said the weather pattern is likely to cause widespread rain of moderate to heavy intensity over lower and coastal Sindh and Balochistan; scattered rain of moderate intensity with heavy falls at one or two places over the upper catchments of all the major rivers, central NWFP, northern, northeastern and central Punjab, northeastern Balochistan, Sukkur and Bahawalpur divisions.

DAMS: Water level in Tarbela has risen to 1532.10 feet from Sunday’s 1531 feet with inflow of 314,000 cusecs and out flow of 277,000 cusecs. The maximum conservation level of the reservoir is 1,550 feet.

Water level in Mangla has also registered an increase and has risen to 1199.65 feet from Sunday’s 1199.44 feet with total conservation capacity of 1206 feet.—APP