Jalandhar, Sept. 7 -- The Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) continue to release 99,889 cusecs of water into Beas river, nearly double the inflow from catchment areas.

At 5pm on Saturday, the Pong Dam recorded an inflow of 47,162 cusecs from catchment areas in Kangra, Mandi, and Kullu districts of Himachal Pradesh. Built on the Beas, the Pong reservoir's water level stood at 1,394.05 feet - four feet above its maximum filling capacity of 1,390 feet.

As a result, 1.72 lakh cusecs of water is currently flowing in the Beas.

The Bhakra Dam's Gobind Sagar Lake, built on Sutlej river, recorded a water level of 1,678.20 feet - just below the danger mark of 1,680 feet and 36 feet higher than the level on the same day last year. The reservoir,...