Agriculture
- Wheat Sowing Over 85 Percent Area Completed In Punjab
Wheat sowing over 14 million acres has been completed in Punjab which is 85 percent of the targeted 16 million acres to produce 19 million tons of wheat during 2013-14 Rabi season, Director General Agriculture Extension Services Dr Anjum Ali told Business...
- Tarbela Dam: Irsa Releases More Water To Maintain River Flow
July 06, 2013 The Indus River System Authority on Friday released 22,000 cusecs more water from Tarbela Dam to maintain the current flow in Indus River downstream Jinnah Barrage upto Kotri Barrage in lower Sindh following drop in the running water in...
- Irsa Releases 314,947 Cusecs Of Water
July 03, 2013 The Indus River System Authority (IRSA) on Tuesday released 314,947 cusecs water for various rim stations with inflow of 386,513 cusecs. According to the data released by IRSA, water level in the Indus River at Tarbela Dam was 1506.58 feet,...
- 10,000 Cusecs Of Fresh Water Released Into Indus Delta
June 27, 2013 M RAFIQUE GORAYAAbout 10,000 cusecs water is being released downstream Kotri Barrage into the Indus Delta region to meet its fresh water requirements after a lapse of nine months, Flood Warning Centre said here on Wednesday. It said 42,868...
- Sudden Increase In River Water Flow
There has been a sudden increase in the water flow in the four live rivers from 96,000 cusecs to 1,72,000 cusecs after the current spell of rain in the upper regions of the country. According to 25th March WAPDA report about the position of river inflows/outflows...
Agriculture
Rabi crops: IRSA increases water supply by seven percent
The Indus River System Authority (IRSA) has downgraded projected water shortage for Rabi crops 2013-14 from 15 percent to 7 percent during the months of February and March as water availability in the dams and the rivers has improved considerably.
Punjab Canal Regulator and Consultant, M.H.Siddiqui, told Business Recorder here on Friday that in addition to the running water in the four live rivers of the country, 4.6 million acre ft water was still available in Tarbela and Mangla dams and Chashma reservoir for growing and maturing crops including wheat, grams, lentils, oilseeds, vegetables, fodder and orchards etc in February and March. 
2.434 MAF water is available in Tarbela dam on river Indus, 2.094 MAF in Mangla dam on river Jhelum and 0.079 MAF in Chashma barrage, he added. Siddiqui said Punjab Irrigation department has been running canals in central Punjab by drawing 20,000 cusecs water from the Mangla dam and 7,300 cusecs run of the river Chenab water, yet it will open canals emanating from river Indus on 5th February 2014.
2.434 MAF water is available in Tarbela dam on river Indus, 2.094 MAF in Mangla dam on river Jhelum and 0.079 MAF in Chashma barrage, he added. Siddiqui said Punjab Irrigation department has been running canals in central Punjab by drawing 20,000 cusecs water from the Mangla dam and 7,300 cusecs run of the river Chenab water, yet it will open canals emanating from river Indus on 5th February 2014.
He said since the repairs work of the Qadirabad Barrage on the river Chenab and Balloki headwork on the river Ravi is still going on, the irrigation canals taking off from these water regulators would be opened on 5th February to supply water to the districts of Okara, Sahiwal, Pakpattan, Bahawalnagar to water the crops.
According to January 31 rivers flows and reservoirs level report of Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA), IRSA is releasing about 70,000 cusecs water in the water ways across the country against the inflow of 36,000 cusecs at the rim stations of the river Indus 14,300 cusecs, river Kabul 8600 cusecs, Jhelum 7,000 and Chenab 7,300 cusecs.
Meanwhile Meteorological department has said that 3 to 4 spells of winter rain/ snowfall are expected during the month of February 2014.The first spell is likely to occur during the first week of February, barani areas of wheat crop may receive good rain during the period.
Source: Business Recorder
- Wheat Sowing Over 85 Percent Area Completed In Punjab
Wheat sowing over 14 million acres has been completed in Punjab which is 85 percent of the targeted 16 million acres to produce 19 million tons of wheat during 2013-14 Rabi season, Director General Agriculture Extension Services Dr Anjum Ali told Business...
- Tarbela Dam: Irsa Releases More Water To Maintain River Flow
July 06, 2013 The Indus River System Authority on Friday released 22,000 cusecs more water from Tarbela Dam to maintain the current flow in Indus River downstream Jinnah Barrage upto Kotri Barrage in lower Sindh following drop in the running water in...
- Irsa Releases 314,947 Cusecs Of Water
July 03, 2013 The Indus River System Authority (IRSA) on Tuesday released 314,947 cusecs water for various rim stations with inflow of 386,513 cusecs. According to the data released by IRSA, water level in the Indus River at Tarbela Dam was 1506.58 feet,...
- 10,000 Cusecs Of Fresh Water Released Into Indus Delta
June 27, 2013 M RAFIQUE GORAYAAbout 10,000 cusecs water is being released downstream Kotri Barrage into the Indus Delta region to meet its fresh water requirements after a lapse of nine months, Flood Warning Centre said here on Wednesday. It said 42,868...
- Sudden Increase In River Water Flow
There has been a sudden increase in the water flow in the four live rivers from 96,000 cusecs to 1,72,000 cusecs after the current spell of rain in the upper regions of the country. According to 25th March WAPDA report about the position of river inflows/outflows...