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HISTORY OF PAST FLOODS

Chenab River
At Sher Shah Bridge, various stages of flood for River Chenab are as follows:

Discharges Flood Stage
(Lac cusecs)
Below 1.50 Normal
1.5 or above but below 2 Low
2 or above but below 3 Medium
3 or above but below 4.5 High
4.5 or above but below 6 Very High
6 or above Exceptionally High

A super flood was experienced in the Chenab River during the year 1992,
with peak discharge of 888143 cusecs. The breaching section on the left side
of the Sher Shah Flood Bund was operated, but it could not become active.
Later, Doaba Flood Bund was overtopped and vast area of the Muzaffargarh
Tehsil became inundated. Huge damages occurred to the infrastructure and
evacuation took place on large scale. The River Chenab experienced high
floods during the years 1993, 1994, 1996 and 1997.

2014 Flood

During exceptionally high flood of 2014 in River Chenab, the peak discharge
recorded at Trimmu Barrage (downstream) was 767849 cusecs that later
passed through Sher Shah Bridge in River Chenab.
Muzaffargarh Flood Bund was breached at RD:148-149 & RD 157-158, and
so was the right bank of Muzaffargarh Branch Canal at various sites.
Consequently, the flood water entered Muzaffargarh city and badly damaged
public and private properties/infrastructure.

Breaching Section
After exceptionally high flood of 1992, following breaching sections were
approved by the technical committee of Punjab Flood Commission:
I. 2 breaching sections in Railway Flood Bund on left of Sher Shah
Bridge.
II. 2 breaching sections in reach RD: 12-13 and 13-14 of Doaba Flood
Bund.
III. 3 breaching sections in reach RD: 8-9, 14-15 and 18-19 in Rohari
Flood Bund.
IV. Breaching section at reach RD: KM 19+331, KM 23+720, National
High Way (N-70) on Sher Shah Bridge.

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