Staff Reporter
LAHORE: Despite repeated scare, the river Ravi was flowing at 29,000 cusecs and had a normal look on Wednesday. According to the Flood Forecasting Division officials, though India is reported to have released 171,000 cusecs of water in two days, the dry bed phenomenon worked in favour of Pakistan and only 29,000 cusecs arrived at Shahdara on Wednesday.
In the dry bed, which had been so for decades now, three factors naturally control flood. “Speed of flow drops, massive quantity of water is lost in quenching riverbed’s thirst and duration of water flow increases. It is precisely for this reason, flow in the Ravi at Shahdara is completely normal. To put the flow in context, the bridge on the Ravi at Shahdara is designed for 235,000 cusecs and Wednesday’s flow is a paltry 29,000 cusecs. “The department measured 63,000 cusecs at Kot Naina where it enters into the country and more than half of it was lost in the next 160 kilometres by the time it reached Shahdara,” it said.
