IRSA’s Advisory to meet on April 7 to finalize water distribution for Kharif season

ISLAMABAD, Mar 31 (APP):The Advisory Committee of Indus River System Authority will meet on April 7 to finalize water distribution for the provinces for Kharif season 2026.

The meeting of Advisory Committee under IRSA Chairman will be attended by all the IRSA’s members, representatives from WAPDA, the Federal Flood Commission, the director general of Pakistan Meteorological Department and the four provincial irrigation secretaries.

The Water Accord 1991 empowered IRSA to determine water availability in the country and provincial share twice a year, once for Kharif season and the other for Rabi season. Rabi season starts from October 1 and ends on March 31, while Kharif starts from April 1 and continue till September 30. Since Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) were exempted from cuts in the share, the shortage of water would be distributed between Sindh and Punjab.

Meanwhile, Indus River System Authority (IRSA) on Tuesday released 87,800 cusecs of water from various rim stations with inflow of 93,300 cusecs.

According to the data released by IRSA, the water level in the River Indus at Tarbela Dam stood at 1448.29 feet which was 48.29 feet higher than the dead level of 1402.00 feet. Water inflow and outflow in the dam were recorded as 25,600 cusecs and 25,000 cusecs respectively.

The water level in the Jhelum River at Mangla Dam was 1136.45 feet, which was 86.45 feet higher than its dead level of 1,050 feet. The inflow and outflow of water was recorded as 26,900 cusecs and 22,000 cusecs respectively.

The release of water at Kalabagh, Taunsa, Guddu and Sukkur was recorded as 49,300, 32,700, 33,610, and 7,100 cusecs, respectively. Similarly, from River Kabul, a total of 27,900 cusecs of water was released at Nowshera, and 6,700 cusecs were released from River Chenab at Marala.