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It is the longest canal of Pakistan. This Canal caters for an area of 2.3 million acres which is nearly equivalent to the entire Sindh area settled on Guddu Barrage alone. 1858 Rohri Canal Sukkur Barrage: Indus: 10,887 2,600,000 Cotton, wheat and sugar-cane are the main crops grown on this canal system. Nasrat Canal (Sada Wah) [7] Sukkur ...
The Kachhi Canal Project is a 499-km long canal project situated in the Baluchistan and Punjab Provinces of Pakistan. It starts from Taunsa Barrage at Indus River and terminates in Baluchistan. The canal provides sustainable irrigation water supply to 720,000 acres of agricultural land in Baluchistan and 30,000 acres of land in Punjab.
This was first perennial canal of the Indus Basin. [4] The history of modern Punjab Irrigation Department can be traced back to the establishment of five major canals in the region in early 20th century when the British built Lower Chenab Canal, Lower Jhelum Canal, Upper Jhelum Canal, Upper Chenab Canal and Lower Bari Doab Canal. [5]
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 9,923 kilometres (6,166 mi) long, feeding the largest irrigation system in the world, with more than 7.63 million acres of irrigated ...
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The canal system fed by the barrage initially consisted of Muzaffargarh and Dera Ghazi Khan Khan canals. The former was completed in 1960 and is in operation since then, while the latter although opened in 1958 continued to remain under construction in some later years. TP Link canal was added in 1970, as a component work.
The Lower Bari Doab Canal is a canal in Punjab, Pakistan. [1] Part of the part of the second-largest irrigation system of the province, it serves approximately 275,000 farmsteads. It is located south-west of Lahore and runs alongside the River Ravi .
There is a plan to set a power plant on this canal which will provide 2.82 MW. 14 km transmission will cost 82 million PKRs. The electricity will be provided to MEPCO via 132 kv Pakpattan power station.