December 24 2009

Pakistan: Massive loadshedding IRSA to reduce water outflows from Terbela, Mangla

The Indus River System Authority (IRSA) is to massively reduce the water outflows from both Terbela and Mangla reservoirs tomorrow (Friday) because of the canal closure that will lead to massive loadshedding as the hydrogenation component in energy mix would touch to the lowest ebb at least till January 31.

“We are going to slash down from tomorrow (Dec 25) the water releases from Terbela to just 10,000 cusecs per day and 5000 cusecs per day from Mangla as the canal closure is to start from December 26 that would last by January 31, 2010.

The canal closure is an annual feature under which all the canals de-silted and barrages which needs some sort of repair get repaired,” a senior official at IRSA told Pakistan Observer.