Patiala: Low water levels from Bhakra Dam’s reservoirs might affect power production and irrigation demands of partner nations of BBMB, such as Punjab and Haryana.
Water level in the reservoir will be 48 feet significantly less than a year’s level in precisely the same time.
The reservoir level on Sunday has been 1,514 feet against a year’s amount of 1,562 ft on exactly the identical day this past year.
In Pong Dam, the water amount is 1,291 ft.
Llast calendar year, the amount was 1,338 ft.
Water degree at Ranjit Sagar dam is 1,660 ft, which will be 26 feet less than the a year’s amount of 1,686 ft.
Punjab has about 4,000 million units of electricity from powerhouses around the Bhakra dam, however this might decrease to 2,800 million units this past season.
Though low water amount is forecast to hit electricity production at Bhakra, PSPCL manager (production ) Paramjeet Singh stated,”BBMB officials have promised that they would release sufficient water to fulfill the requirements of power production in accordance with our talk.” According to specialists, there’s probably a deficit of approximately 1,200 million units during the preceding season.
Against an agenda of approximately 1500 million components to until date from the current financial, the Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) has created 1,200 million units, accounting for a decrease of about 20 percent.
Daily production at Bhakra is currently 120 lakh units, that will be two-third of previous year’s daily production of approximately 180 lakh units daily.
Punjab has been provided with roughly 13,000 cusecs water along with Haryana and Rajasthan get 10,000 cusecs each.
A senior officer stated water has been discharged according to necessity and there aren’t any limits.
Paddy year in Punjab began on June 10 and it’s expected from June 15 from Haryana.
Regular monsoon was called in the nation and any similarity to under normal may boost state issues.
Vinod Gupta, AIPEF spokesperson, stated,”Deficient rain and snow during the winters are cited as the cause of low water .”