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IRSA to cut additional water supply to provinces
ISLAMABAD: Indus River System Authority (IRSA) has decided to cut down supply of additional water to provinces due to a decline in the pressure of water stream, Geo News reported Friday.
As a result, water shares of Sindh and Punjab will be cut down by 11000 and 5000 cusecs respectively.
IRSA was told during a meeting today, that pressure of water stream in the Indus river has recorded a 7 percent decline due to a drop in climatic temperature. In view of this, the meeting decided to supply 169000 cusecs water to Sindh instead of 180000.
Similarly, the Punjab will get a reduced share of 113000 cusecs water rather than 118000.
Water supply to Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa will continue to receive 13000 cusecs and 3000 cusecs respectively without any change.
Courtesy www.geo.tv