The water level of the Bhakra Dam on Friday recorded at a level of 1608.01 feet against 1534.50 feet on the same day in 2012 — 73.51 feet higher than the previous year.
The water level of the Pong Dam has also been recorded 31.45 feet high at 1325.72 feet as compared to the previous year’s level of 1294.27 feet on the corresponding day.
Similarly, the water level of Ranjit Sagar Dam on Friday touched 513.36 meter mark which is 13.77 meter more than the water level recorded last year on the same day that is 499.59.
“The inflow of water in Bhakra is 73732 cusecs against 31285 cusecs last year and the release from Bhakra Dam is 32710 cusecs against 29459 cusecs last year,” said the official spokesperson of the Irrigation Departtment.
The inflow of water in Pong Dam has been recorded as 34093 cusecs against 4636 cusecs on the same day last year, inflow of water in Ranjit Sagar Dam is 15818 cusecs against 9572 cusecs, and release from Ranjit Sagar Dam is 14071 cusecs against 8521 cusecs release on the same day last year.