Sukkur Barrage

Sukkur Barrage (Sindhi: سکر بئراج, Urdu: سکھر بیراج) is a barrage on the River Indus near the city of Sukkur in the Sindh province of Pakistan. The barrage was built during the British Raj from 1923 to 1932 and was named Lloyd Barrage. The Sukkur Barrage, is the pride of Pakistan's irrigation system as it is the largest single irrigation network of its kind in the world. It irrigates from Sukkur district in the north, to Mirpurkhas/Tharparkar and Hyderabad districts in the south of Sindh, almost all parts of the province. It is situated about 500 kilometres (300 miles) northeast of Karachi, 5 kilometres (3 miles) below the railway bridge, or the Sukkur Gorge. The introduction of barrage-controlled irrigation system resulted in more timely water supplies for the existing cultivated areas of Sindh province of Pakistan.

Sukkur Barrage
سکر بئراج
سکھر بیراج
Sukkur Barrage Photo from Upstream side
27°40′50″N 68°50′43″E
WaterwayIndus River
Country Pakistan
ProvinceSindh
Maintained bySindh Irrigation & Power Department
OperationHydraulic
First built1932
Latest builtRehabilitated in November 2004
LengthApproximately 2 km (1 mi)
Discharge capacity 1.15 million cusec(cubic feet per second)
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