barrages constructed under the IWT

Cards (5)

  • Chashma Barrage (IWT) Located on the River Indus and completed in 1970. Designed to divert one million cusecs into the Chashma-Jhelum Link, thereby irrigating areas served by the Sidhnai-Mailsi Bahawal Link system and the Haveli and Rangpur canals.
  • Rasul Barrage (IWT) Located on the River Jhelum and completed in 1968. Its flood discharge capacity is 850,000 cusecs. Supplies water to the Rasul Qadirabad Link canal and eventually to the Sulaimanki Barrage on the Sutlej.
  • Marala Barrage
    (IWT) Located on the River Chenab and completed in 1969. Its flood discharge capacity is 1.1 million cusecs. Supplies water to the Ravi Link canal and the Upper Chenab Canal.
  • Qadirabad Barrage (IWT)
    Located on the River Chenab and completed in 1970. Its discharge capacity is 0.9million cusecs. Supplies water to the Qadirabad Balloki Link through the Rasul Qadirabad Link.
  • Mailsi Siphon (IWT)
    A gated siphon located on the River Sutlej near Mailsi. Its purpose is to carry water on the Sidhnai-Mailsi Link across the Sutlej into the Bahawal canal. The Sidhnai Barrage supplies water to the Sidhnai-Mailsi Link canal.