Water level at Kotri Barrage continues to remain very low

District

HYDERABAD:The water level at Kotri Barrage in Jamshoro continues to remain very low with the last engineering structure on the Indus river before Arabian sea receiving only 4,845 cusecs on

Monday.

According to an irrigation official, some 1,355 cusecs of that water was supplied to Karachi through the K B Feeder canal.

The barrage released 1,170 cusecs in Old Phuleli, 1,400 cusecs in New Phuleli and 780 cusecs in Akram canals, he informed.

He said that only a meagre 200 cusecs was being discharged in the downstream of Kotri barrage keeping in view the requirement of Latifabad area of Hyderabad.

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