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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.