Lloyd Barrage

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Lloyd Barrage is a major irrigation and flood-control structure on the Indus River near Sukkur in Pakistan, renowned for transforming the region’s agriculture.

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instanceOf barrage
flood-control structure
irrigation structure
affects agricultural productivity in Sukkur region
alsoKnownAs Sukkur Barrage
connectsTo network of irrigation canals in Sindh
constructionStartDate 1923
country Pakistan
crosses Indus River
designedBy Sir Arnold Musto
floodControlFor Indus River basin
surface form: Indus River basin near Sukkur
hasPart canal headworks
gates
heritageStatus important engineering landmark of British India era
historicalPeriod British colonial period in India
inception 1932
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Sindh
locatedInCity Sukkur
locatedInRegion Sindh
surface form: Upper Sindh
locatedNear Sukkur
locatedOnRiver Indus River
managesWaterFor agricultural lands of Sindh
namedAfter George Lloyd, 1st Baron Lloyd
openingDate 1932
operator Government of Sindh
partOf Indus Basin irrigation system
purpose flood control
irrigation
water regulation
significantFor transformation of regional agriculture

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Sukkur Barrage alsoKnownAs Lloyd Barrage