Our Correspondent
Sukkur
The high floods at Guddu and Sukkur barrages are likely to drop to low level flood by next midweek, meteorologists at the Flood Forecasting Division told here on Thursday.
According to the officers at the Flood Forecasting Division, Guddu Barrage was largely stable on Wednesday night though witnessing high flood levels of 540,000 cusecs. It is likely to witness a drop in levels by Friday, easing the pressure on the riverine areas. However, the Sukkur Barrage is likely to take another week to stabilize towards low flood.
Meanwhile, the seven gates of Sukkur Barrage were opened after removal of sediments that had kept them blocked posing problems for regulation of water and impeding the water flow. Following the work, traffic on the Sukkur Barrage earlier shut down was allowed.
The Federal Flood Commission (FFC) has said all main rivers (Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi and Sutlej) are discharging normal flows except for River Indus which is flowing in high flood at Guddu (541,000 cusecs), medium flood at Sukkur (447,000 cusecs) and low flood at Kotri (207,000 cusecs).
