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Revision as of 10:59, 29 April 2017
| Guddu Barrage | |
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| گڈو بیراج | |
| 28°25′7″N 69°42′47.8″E / 28.41861°N 69.713278°E | |
| Waterway | Indus River |
| Country | Pakistan |
| State | Sindh |
| Maintained by | Sindh Irrigation & Power Department[1] |
| Operation | Hydraulic |
| First built | 1962[2] |
| Length | 1,355 meters[3] |
| Discharge capacity Up to 1.2 million cusec[4] | |
Guddu Barrage (Template:Lang-ur)is a 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 in 1962.
Guddu Barrage is used to control water flow in the River Indus for irrigation and flood control purposes.
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 of Balochistan province. It feeds Ghotki Feeder, Begari Feeder, Desert and Pat Feeder canals.
See also
References
- ^ Sindh Irrigation Department - Canal System
- ^ The Guddu Barrage
- ^ The Guddu Barrage
- ^ Khan, Mohammad Hussain (16 August 2013). "High flood to hit Guddu barrage on 19th, Sukkur barrage a day later". DAWN.COM. Hyderabad. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
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