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|lock_name = Guddu Barrage <br/>{{Nastaliq|گڈو بیراج}} |
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|waterway = [[Indus River]] |
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|country = [[Pakistan]] |
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|state = [[Sindh]] |
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|maint = Sindh Irrigation & Power Department<ref>[http://sindhirrigation.com.pk/Sindh_Canal.htm Sindh Irrigation Department - Canal System]</ref> |
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|operation = Hydraulic |
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|first = 1962<ref>[http://www.notesmela.com/chapter-20-the-guddu-barrage/ The Guddu Barrage]</ref> |
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|length = 1,355 meters<ref>[http://www.notesmela.com/chapter-20-the-guddu-barrage/ The Guddu Barrage]</ref> |
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'''Guddu Barrage''' is a [[Barrage (dam)|barrage]] on the [[Indus River]] near [[Kashmore]] in the [[Sindh]] province of [[Pakistan]]. President [[Iskander Mirza]] laid the foundation-stone of Guddu Barrage on 2 February 1957. The barrage was completed in 1962 at a cost of 474.8 million rupees and inaugurated by Field Marshal [[Ayub Khan (Field Marshal)|Ayub Khan]] in 1962. |
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Guddu Barrage is used to control water flow in the [[River Indus]] for irrigation and flood control purposes. |
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It has a discharge capacity of 1.2 million cubic feet per second (34,000 m³/s). It is a gate-controlled weir type barrage with a navigation lock. The barrage has 64 bays, each 60 feet (18 m) wide. The maximum flood level height of Guddu Barrage is 26 feet (8 m). It controls irrigation supplies to 2.9 million [[acres]] (12,000 km²) of agricultural land in the Kashmore, [[Jacobabad]], [[Larkana]] and [[Sukkur]] districts of [[Sindh]] province and the [[Naseerabad District|Naseerabad district]] of [[Balochistan (Pakistan)|Balochistan]] province. It feeds Ghotki Feeder, Begari Feeder, Desert and Pat Feeder canals. |
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== See also == |
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* [[List of barrages and headworks in Pakistan]] |
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* [[List of dams and reservoirs in Pakistan]] |
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== References == |
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{{Reflist}} |
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{{Pakistani Dams and Water Locks}} |
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{{Indus River dams}} |
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[[Category:Geography of Sindh]] |
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[[Category:Dams in Pakistan]] |
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[[Category:Tidal barrages]] |
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[[Category:Irrigation in Pakistan]] |
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[[Category:Dams completed in 1962]] |
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[[Category:Dams on the Indus River]] |
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