Guddu Barrage

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Guddu Barrage is a major irrigation and flood-control structure on the Indus River in Pakistan, crucial for distributing water to agricultural lands in Sindh and Balochistan.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf barrage
flood-control structure
irrigation structure
basinCountry Pakistan
connectsTransportRoute road across Indus River at Guddu
constructionStartDate 1957
coordinatesApprox 28.43°N 69.69°E
country Pakistan
designedBy A. A. Binnie and Partners
designedFloodDischarge approximately 1.2 million cusecs
feedsCanal Ghotki Feeder Canal
surface form: Begari Canal

Desert Pat Feeder Canal
Ghotki Feeder Canal
Ghotki Feeder Canal
surface form: Kirthar Canal
fundedBy World Bank
surface form: World Bank (rehabilitation project)
hasHydropowerPlant Guddu Thermal Power Station vicinity
hasNavigationLock yes
hasSpillway yes
helpsProtectFrom Indus River floods
inaugurationDate 1962
length approximately 1355 metres
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Sindh
locatedInCountrySubdivision Sindh, Pakistan NERFINISHED
locatedInRegion Sindh
surface form: Upper Sindh
locatedNearBorderWith Balochistan NERFINISHED
Punjab, Pakistan NERFINISHED
locatedNearCity Kashmore
locatedNearTown Guddu
locatedOnRiver Indus River NERFINISHED
mainFunction distribution of Indus River water to irrigation canals
managingAuthority Irrigation Department of Sindh
surface form: Sindh Irrigation Department
namedAfter nearby Guddu area
numberOfSpans 64
opened 1962
operator Government of Sindh
partOf Indus Basin irrigation system
purpose flood control
hydropower generation
irrigation
water regulation
riverCrossed Indus River NERFINISHED
servesProvince Balochistan NERFINISHED
Sindh
significance key control point for Indus River flows into lower Sindh
status operational
structureType gate-controlled weir
supportsAgricultureIn Balochistan NERFINISHED
Sindh
underwentRehabilitation 2010s

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Indus River hasDam Guddu Barrage
Kotri Barrage locatedDownstreamOf Guddu Barrage