ISLAMABAD: Indus River System Authority (IRSA) has said that Rabi seasonwould face 38 percent water shortage as per forecast by the authoritybefore start of the season.
Talking to APP here Friday, IRSA spokesman Khalid Rana said that allprovinces were fully cooperating with the authority.
The provinces were asked to send their plan by December 15 for annualclosures for de-silting, he said.
He said the provinces had started to reduce their water indent and Sindhwas getting 25,000 cusecs, Punjab 40,000 cusecs, Balochistan 4,000 cusecsand Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa 1,800 cusecs.
Subsequently after reduction in the provinces demand, the spokesman saidthe authority has also reduced water discharge from Tarbela and Mangla dams.
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Some 28,000 and 26, 000 cusses water was being released from Tarbela andMangla dams respectively, he added.
To a question, the Spokesman said that as per schedule, canals would begradually closed from December 25 for annual closure plan.
