Islamabad – Mangla Dam powerhouse has been shut down and the powergeneration has been halted.
Hydropower generation from Mangla Dam has come to zero after Irsa hasstopped releasing water from the reservoir. “Irsa has closed Manglapowerhouse and water releases reduced to ‘nil’ due to low demand inPunjab,” said Irsa spokesman here Sunday.
Meanwhile, a source said that it is for the second time in its entirehistory that water releases from Mangla Dam have come to zero.
On October 1st, Irsa advisory committee had forecast that the watershortage during Rabi season will be 38 percent.
However the source said that during first 10 days of October the waterinflows were 3 to 5 percent less than the Irsa forecast.
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To review the water availability situation for the Rabi season a meeting ofIrsa is being convened on 31st October, the source said.
The source said that when the Irsa reduced water releases from Tarbella Dammysteriously water inflows also decreased in River Indus. When thedischarge from Tarbella was 35,000 cusecs the inflows in Indus were 31,000cusecs, however, when the releases were decreased the inflows fell down to27,000 cusecs.
