The Bhakra Level Reached 80 Ft Short Of Its Capacity In Patiala

Due to the widespread rains in Punjab and Himachal Pradesh, te level in the reservoir of Bhakra has finally reached to 1602.25 ft. However, in the last year it was only approximately 1533.31 ft on the corresponding date. Moreover, if we take a look on the current level the n we can easily see that it is not very much far from its filling capacity however, the full monsoons are yet to arrive in the states.

Inflow of the water in Bhakra dam had been registered up to 64,894 cusecs and this figure was approximately 39,986 cusecs in last year.

Additionally, the level of ater in Pong dam has been recorded up to 1321.83 ft and this is approximately 25.97 ft high comparative to the readings of the last year. In addition to this the level of the Ranjit sagar dam touched up to the 513.13 metre mark ion the date of June 26 which is 13.60 metre more to the water level of last year on the same date.

The Bhakra Management Board has enhanced release of the water to tune of approximately more than thirty thousand cusecs in a day. However, this move was criticized by AIPEF (All India Power Engineers Federation) and they said that it will result in to the wastage of water resource.

The AIPEF president, Padamjit Singh said thatin month of April as well as in May, BBMB did not released the adequate water and electricity when it was mostly needed. However, now BBMB is needlessly releasing the water for irrigation due to monsoon. Moreover, he also added that rains have reduced demand for the electricity in Patiala.

The Power engineers have also put stress stress that BBMB should enhance capacity from the 1,680 ft to the 1,685 ft as dam was made with plan for satisfying reservoir the 1,690 ft mark.