EXISTING BARRAGES OF PAKISTAN

1.CHASHMA 5.RASUL BARRAGE 9.KHANKI 13.GUDDU

BARRAGE BARRAGE BARRAGE

2.JINNAH BARRAGE 6ISLAM BARRAGE 10.MARALA 14.SUKKUR

BARRAGE BARRAGE

3.TAUNSA 7.PANJNAND
11.BALLOKI
BARRAGE BARRAGE 15.KOTRI BARRAGE
BARRAGE

8.SULEMANKI 12.SIDHNAI
4.TRIMU BARRAGE
BARRAGE BARRAGE
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 1.CHASHMA BARRAGE
Chashma Barrage was constructed in
1971. Total cost
It is constructed on River Indus near
the village of Chashma, about 35
miles downstream of Jinnah Barrage.
It was constructed to divert the water
released from Tarbela into River
Jhelum through the Chashma-Jhelum
Link Canal, which has a capacity of
21,700 cusecs. The barrage was also
designed to feed the Paharpur canal
that is located on the right side.
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The river valley at Chashma is
6.5 miles wide.
The barrage is 3,536 feet long
with 3,120 feet of clear
waterway and with a
maximum design discharge of
1.1 million cusecs.
The total designed
withdrawal for canals is
26,700 cusecs.
The maximum flood level
height of Chashma Barrage is
37 feet.
The barrage has 52 bays, each
60 feet wide.
The length of the left and
right guide bank is 4,302 ft.
 2. JINNAH BARRAGE

Jinnah Barrage was constructed in 1946

on River Indus .
It is designed for maximum discharge
of 950,000 cusecs.
The total designed withdrawal for
canals is 7,500cusecs.
The maximum flood level height of
Jinnah Barrage is 28 feet.
The barrage has 42 bays, each 60 ft.
wide.
The length of the left bank is 4,099 ft
and that of the right bank is 5,487 ft.

FIG: JINNAH BARRAGE

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 3.TAUNSA BARRAGE

Taunsa Barrage was constructed

in 1959 on River Indus,
It is 18- miles downstream of
Chashma Barrage in district
Muzaffargarh.
The Taunsa-Panjnad Link has been
made to supply water to the
Panjnad Headworks. It also feeds
the DG Khan and Muzaffargarh
canals.
The barrage has a maximum
design discharge of 750,000
cusecs.
The total designed withdrawal
for canals is 36,501 cusecs
The maximum flood level
height of Taunsa Barrage is 26
feet.
The barrage has 53 bays, each
60 feet wide.
The length of the left and right
guide bank is 8,327 ft.
The gates, 60 x 22.5 feetin
size, are manually operated.
FIG: TAUNSA BARRAGE

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4. TRIMMU BARRAGE

Trimmu Barrage was constructed Design capacity 645,000 cusec

between 1937 and 1939 by English
Total width between abutments 3,025
engineer
ft
Trimmu barrage, formerly No. of bays
known as Emerson Barrage, is Main weir 37 (each 60 fT wide)
situated at Trimmu on the Left undersluice 08 (each 30 ft.
Chenab River, just 4 Km below wide)
Right undersluice 06 No. (each 30 ft
the confluence with Jhelum Wide)
River.
The site is located about 25 km Off-Taking Canal
south-west (Latitude 310 11' N Haveli Main Line
and Longitude 720 08' E) of Trimmu Sidhnai Link
Jhang city on Jhang Bhakkar Rangpur Canal
road

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 5.RASUL BARRAGE
Rasul Barrage was constructed in
1968
Rasul Barrage is a barrage on the
River Jehlum in Mandi Bahauddin
District of the Punjab province of
Pakistan. It is situated 72 km
downstream of Mangla Dam.
Rasul Barrage is used to control
water flow in the River Jhelum
for irrigation and flood control
purposes.
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It has a discharge capacity of
24070 cubic meter per second
Water is drived from this point to
Chenab River at Qadirabad
through Rasul-Qadirabad link
canal, then ultimately transferred
to Sulemanki Barrage on the Sutlej
River.
Rasul-Qadirabad link canal has the
second largest water discharge
capacity after Chashma-Jhelum
link canal.
It has 538-m/s discharge capacity
while Chashma-Jhelum link canal
has 615-m/s capacity.
FIG:RASUL BARRAGE
6. ISLAM BARRAGE
Islam Barrage is a barrage on
the River Sutlej in [tehsil
hasilpur]of the Punjab province
of Pakistan
Islam Barrage is used for irrigation
and flood control. It is about
15 km north of hasilpur and about
five miles south of Luddan on the
Vehari-Hasilpur road (N 29 49'
0.01" E 72 33' 0.00").
It was completed as Sutlej Valley
Project for irrigation of Nili Bar in
1927.
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1650 feet long with design
discharge of 300,000 cusecs,
It has two off taking larger
canals which irrigate 689,000
acres of land in Southern
Punjab and 700, 000 acres in
the former State of
Bahawalpur.
Mailsi Canal (5400 cusecs)
arises from its right Bank and
Bahawal Canal (5400 cusecs)
from the left. A third smaller
canal is called Qaim Canal (558
cusecs) also arising from the
left bank.
FIG: ISLAM BARRAGE
 7. PANJNAD BARRAGE

The Panjnad barrage is the last barrage

constructed on River Chenab at
downstream confluence point of River Clear water way
Sutlej. 2,820 ft. (47 bays of
The barrage was constructed in 1925 - 60 ft. each)
1929 with design discharge of 450,000
cusec and upstream HFL RL 341.5 to
Off-Taking Canal
irrigate 1.8325 million acres of
Bahawalpur and Rahimyar Khan Panjnad Canal
districts by diverting 11882 cusecs. Abbasia Canal
Maximum designed capacity 700,000
cusec Abbasia Link Canal
Maximum recorded flood in 1973
802,516 cusec
Total width between abutments 3,400
ft.

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8. SULEMANKI BARRAGE
Suleimanki barrage was
constructed across the Sutlej
river during 1924-1926 under
the Sutlej Valley Project (SVP).
It is located at latitude 300-22'
North and longitude 730-51'
East and is about 20 Km east of
Haveli Lakha Town of District
Okara and around 45 Km north
of Minchinabad, District
Bahawalnagar.
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Discharge of the Barrage
325,000 cusec
Width between Abutments
2,223 ft
Clear Water Way 1,920 ft
Weir Bays have single leaf
Vertical Lift Stoney Gates
Undersluice Bays have double
leaf Vertical Lift Stoney Gates
Off-Taking Canal
Pakpattan Canal (Upper)
Eastern Sadqia Canal
Fordwah Canal
FIG SULEMANKI BARRAGE
9. KHANKI BARRAGE
Khanki barrageis is situated on
the River
Chenab in Gujranwala
District of the Punjab province
of Pakistan.
It was constructed in 1889 and
is considered to be the oldest
headworks in Pakistan.
Khanki Headworks is used for
irrigation and flood control.
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The weir originally was a shuttered
type weir comprising 8 spans of
500 ft each, left undersluices (12
No. 20 ft each) and canal head
regulator (12 spans of 24.5 ft each)
With the extensive remodeling
during 1933- 35, the weir now
comprises (left to right):
Left Undersluises (12 No. 20 ft.
each)
Three weir bays (1423 ft)
Central undersluices (18 No. 20 ft
each)
Three weir bays (1545.75 ft)
Right Undersluices (18 No. 20 ft
each)
Total width between abutments is
4386
Waterway is 3928.75 FIG: NEW KHANKI BARRAGE
 10. MARALA BARRAGE
The Marala Barrage is situated at the
Chenab River near the city of Sialkot,
Punjab, Pakistan.
It is a massive hydro engineering project
and is used to control water flow and
flood control in river Chenab.
Chenab is a 1,086 km (675 mi) long river
which originates in the Kulu and Kangra
Districts of Himachal Pradesh in India and
is fed by the tributaries Chandra and
Bagha as it enters Jammu & Kashmir near
Kishtwar.
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After cutting across the Pir Panjal range, it enters
the Sialkot District in Pakistan where the Head
Marala was built across the river in 1905-1912
under the Triple Canal Project with capacity of
742,000 Cs but it was converted into Barrage
during 1968 with a maximum discharge of 1.10
million ft/s (31,000 m/s).
Two major water channels originate at the
Marala Barragethe Marala-Ravi Link Canal
22,000 Cs and the Upper Chenab Canal with
16,850 Cs capacity. Proposals are under
consideration to build the Mangla Marala Link
Canal to supplement the shortage of water in
winter but still lying in proposal phase due to
certain financial & social bottlenecks.
FIG:MARALA BARRAGE
 11. BALLOKI BARRAGE

Balloki Barrage is located on River Ravi in Punjab Province

of Pakistan. It was commissioned in April 1913. It is
located at latitude, 31o -14 North and longitude, 73o -
52 East at a distance of 65 km south-west of Lahore. The
structure was initially constructed to feed a canal system
to irrigate 1.064 million acres CCA of most fertile and
productive lands in the districts of Kasur, Pakpattan,
Sahiwal, Okara, Vehari, Khanewal, Bahawalpur,
Bahawalnagar and Multan in Punjab Province. Presently
the structure is feeding water to about 1.67 million acre
of Lower Bari Doab Canal (LBDC) command area.
Moreover with the construction of B.S.Link in 1960, this
structure is further supplying water to 3.06 million acres
of land falling in the districts of Pakpattan, Vehari,
Multan, Bhawalpur and Bahawalnagar in Southern
Punjab.

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 12. SIDHNAI
BARRAGE

The meaning of the word SIDHNAI is Straight River. A stretch of eight

miles of River Ravi at Sidhnai is nearly straight and does not
meander. It is thought that is could be an artificial channel excavated
in the distant past to prevent flooding in the Multan area.

Before construction of the new Barrage, an old weir existed about six
miles D/S of the Barrage. The weir known as Sidhnai Weir could only
pass some 100,000 Cs of water as its maximum capacity. A new
Barrage was designed to pass a maximum peak discharge of 150,000
Cs located about 31000 Ft U/S of the old weir. D/S straight reach was
excavated and widened to increase the capacity from 100,000 Cs to
150,000 Cs. The existing road bridge on Multan Shorkot road and
Railway Bridge were re-constructed and the existing weir was
dismantled. The object of new Sidhnai Barrage is to receive water
from Chenab and Jhelum rivers from Trimmu for feeding Sidhnai and
Sidhnai-Mailsi-Bahawal Canals

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 13.GUDDU BARRAGE
Guddu Barrage was
constructed in 1962 on River
Indus.
It controls irrigation supplies
to 2.9 million acres of
agricultural lands in the
Jacobabad, Larkana and
Sukkur districts of Sindh and
the Nasirabad district of
Balochistan.
The cost of the project was
474.8 million rupees.
It feeds Ghotki Feeder,
Begari Feeder, Desert and
Pat Feeder canals.
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The maximum design
discharge of 1.2 million
cusecs.
It is a gate-controlled
weir type barrage with
a navigation lock.
The barrage has 64
bays, each 60 feet
wide.
The maximum flood
level height of Guddu
barrage is 26 feet.
. FIG:GUDDU BARRAGE
 14..SUKKUR BARRAGE
Sukkur Barrage was constructed
in 1932 on River Indus. It is
among the few large barrages in
the world.
Sukkar Barrage is the largest
barrage of Pakistan.
The maximum design discharge
of 1.5 million cusecs.
The total designed withdrawal for
canals is 47,530 cusecs.
The barrage has 54 bays, each 60
feet wide.
The maximum flood level height
of Sukkur barrage is 30 feet.
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Sukkur Barrage is used to control water flow in the River Indus for the
purposes of irrigation and flood control. This Barrage which is the backbone
of the economy of the entire Country enables water to flow through what
was originally a network of seven canals 6,166 miles (9,923 km) long,
feeding the largest irrigation system in the world, with more than 7.63
million acres of irrigated land which forms approximately 25% of total canal
irrigated area of the country. The retaining wall of the Barrage has 66 spans
(outfall gates), each 60 feet (18 m) wide and weighing 50 tons.
The Nara canal which is one of the 7 Canals off taking from this Barrage is
the longest canal of this country, carrying discharge almost equal to that of
Thames River at London and its bed width which is 346 ft. is 1 (one and
half) times as big as of Suez Canal. In fact Nara Canal is not a man-made
canal as it was the southernmost part of Hakro River which emanated from
the foot hills of Sutlej which after traversing through the Punjab and
Bhawalpur Plains joined Nara through Raini River, the remnants of
which are still exiting in Ghotki Taluka. This Canal caters for an
area of 2.3 million acres.
 FIG SUKKUR BARRAGE

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 15.KOTRI BARRAGE

Kotri Barrage was constructed in

1955 on River Indus.
Kotri Barrage was constructed to
irrigate Fulleli, Pinyari and Kolari
canals through lined channels and
enhance agriculture in the lower
Sindh region. The maximum
design discharge of 875,000
cusecs.
The barrage has 44 bays, each 60
feet wide.
The length of the left and right
guide bank is 6,000 ft. The
maximum flood level height of
Kotri barrage is 43.1 feet.

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