Rasul Barrage
| Rasool Barrage | |
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| رسول بیراج | |
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| 32°40′49″N 73°31′15″E / 32.68028°N 73.52083°E | |
| Waterway | Jhelum River |
| Country | Pakistan |
| State | Punjab |
| Maintained by | Punjab Irrigation Department |
| Operation | Hydraulic |
| First built | 1968 |
| Length | 975 meters (3,201 ft) |
| Width | 17 meters (56 ft) |
| Fall | 6 meters (20 ft) |
| Above sea level | 250 meters (820 ft) |
Rasul Barrage is a barrage on the River Jehlum between Jhelum District and Mandi Bahauddin District of the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is situated 72 km downstream of Mangla Dam.
New Barrage and old barrage
The current structure of the barrage was constructed in 1968 and the old barrage (built by the British) has been dismantled. The
Rasul Barrage has a discharge capacity of 24070 cubic meter per second.
This canal has culturable command area of 1.45 million acres and irrigates the districts of Mandi Bahauddin and Sargodha.
Rasul Hydel Power Station
| Rasul Hydel Power Station | |
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A small hydropower plant of 22 MW (two units of 11 MW each) generation capacity was also put into operation on Upper Jhelum Canal at Rasul, Punjab in December 1952 with average annual yield of 63 units (GWh).[3]
See also
- List of barrages and headworks in Pakistan
- List of dams and reservoirs in Pakistan
- List of power stations in Pakistan
- Punjab Irrigation Department
References
- ^ Rasul Barrage – Irrigation and soil salinity in the Indian subcontinent: past and present By N. T. Singh
- ^ "Introduction of Sargodha Irrigation Zone". Punjab Irrigation Department. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
- ^ http://pecongress.org.pk/images/upload/books/12-Mazhar%20Hussain.pdf [bare URL PDF]
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