With the filling season yet to arrive, the water level in the Bhakra Dam on Tuesday was recorded at a level of 1599.92 feet. The level was 1531.88 feet during the previous year on the corresponding day — witnessing an increase of 68.04 ft.
On the other hand, the water level of Pong Dam has been recorded at 1320.25 feet, 23.94 feet more than it was recorded the previous year — that is 1296.31 feet.
Similarly, the water level of Ranjit Sagar Dam on touched 512.90 meter mark which is 13.45 meter more than the water level recorded last year on the same day.
“The inflow of water in Bhakra is 52128 cusecs (cubic feet per second) against 42501 previous year, and the release from Bhakra Dam is 32783 cusecs against 29500 cusecs the previous year,” disclosed the government spokesman.
Inflow of water in Pong Dam has been recorded as 17401 cusecs against 12005 cusecs on the same day the previous year; and inflow of water in Ranjit Sagar Dam is 12468 cusecs against 11293 cusecs; and release from Ranjit Sagar Dam is 15977 cusecs against 6001 cusecs release on the same day last year.
The spokesman further said that the rainfall in major cities of the state during last 24 hours has been recorded with Amritsar 27 mm, Bathinda 34 mm, Kapurthala 40 mm, Fatehgarh Sahib 43 mm, and Ferozepur 48 mm. Besides, Pathankot received 57 mm rain, Jalandhar 59 mm, ludhiana 64 mm, Moga 81 mm, SAS Nagar 86, Muktsar 88 mm, SBS Nagar 93 mm, Patiala 95 mm and Ropar 101 mm.